Film fans in Hertfordshire can get a taste for how magical
meals and confectionery were created for the Harry Potter film series.
Warner Bros. Studio Tour, in Leavesden, Hertfordshire, UK, is set to host its
first ever Sweets and Treats feature.
From July 20 to September 6, visitors will discover how the prop department
moulded jelly snakes, decorated sugar skulls and piped ice-cream sundaes during
production.
Based in the Ministry Munchies kiosk from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,
expert prop and cake makers will demonstrate the techniques used to construct
the floating pudding from Harry Potter
and the Chamber of Secrets and edible Gillyweed, as used in the Second Task
of the Triwizard Tournament in Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Visitors will get to spot the difference between real bakes
and prop fakes as they get up close to original artefacts and see edible
delights being created.
Butterbeer ice-cream will be available to
purchase in the Studio Tour’s new backlot café for the first time this summer as
well as frothy tankards of the drink which is reminiscent of shortbread and
butterscotch.
On the Diagon Alley
set, visitors will be able to learn how towering ‘frozen’ desserts were
assembled outside Florean Fortescue’s ice-cream parlour.
During production, graphic designers were tasked with
creating dozens of unique sweet boxes and wrappers for treats from Honeydukes and Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes.
In the end they created more than 120 different items for
the Weasley twins’ shop and some of their original sketches and designs will be
shown in the attraction’s Art
Department especially for
Sweets and Treats.
Some iconic sets will also be given a makeover as the Great
Hall’s long tables are lined with props from Hogwarts feasts and the Gryffindor
common room is dressed as it was for Quidditch
victory scenes in Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince.
Visitors can also enjoy the fantastic Hogwarts Express at a
recreation of Kings Cross’ mythical Platform 9 ¾.
Food facts:
·
Chocolate
desserts of all kinds covered the Great Hall tables in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and nearly all of it was
actually made out of intricately-painted resin. However, some edible pieces
were baked such as the chocolate phoenix cake which is displayed at the Studio
Tour (having survived more than seven years in storage).
·
To
make the scene where Ron throws up slugs in Harry
Potter and the Chamber of Secrets more palatable for actor Rupert Grint,
filmmakers created the slimy creatures out of orange-flavoured jelly.
·
More
than 300 litres of silicone were used to make the vibrantly-coloured sweets in
Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes, including Puking Pastilles and Nosebleed Nougat.
The Studio Tour’s Sweets and Treats feature will run from
Monday, July 20 to Sunday, September 6.
Tickets must be pre-booked and all extra activities are
included in the ticket price.
- For more information and to buy tickets click here and view the hashtag #SweetsAndTreats
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