Netflix’s Baftas afterparty in turmoil after fire rampages through celeb hotspot

Fire ripping through the Chiltern Firehouse
Netflix was due to hold its Baftas afterparty at the Chiltern Firehouse (Picture: London Fire Brigade/PA Wire)

Netflix has been forced to change the location of its glamourous post-Bafta party after a fire ripped through the original venue.

It will no longer be held at celebrity hotspot Chiltern Firehouse after a blaze on Valentine’s Day resulted in the evacuation of around 100 people.

Instead, Netflix has moved its afterparty to luxury hotel The Twenty Two in Mayfair’s Grosvenor Square.

The London Fire Brigade said that 20 fire engines and about 125 firefighters were involved in tackling the fire on Chiltern Street in Marylebone on Friday.

A firefighter at the scene told the PA news agency the five-star hotel and restaurant will likely need a ‘large refurbishment.’

This afternoon, A-listers including the likes of Demi Moore and Cynthia Erivo will grace the Bafta red carpet.

A view of the London Fire Brigade (LFB) outside the Chiltern Firehouse luxury hotel in central London, after reports of a fire on Friday evening. The LFB said that 20 fire engines and around 125 firefighters were called to the blaze on Chiltern Street in Marylebone. It added that officers were first called at 2.52pm and are still at the scene, with the cause of the fire unknown. Picture date: Friday February 14, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story FIRE Chiltern . Photo credit should read: Sam Hall/PA Wire
Around 100 people had to be evacuated from the hotel (Picture: Sam Hall/PA Wire)
Firefighters at the Chiltern Firehouse in central London, after a fire broke out on Valentine's Day. The London Fire Brigade (LFB) said that 20 fire engines and about 125 firefighters were involved in tackling the blaze on Chiltern Street in Marylebone on Friday. Picture date: Saturday February 15, 2025. The blaze ripped through ducting at Chiltern Firehouse, forcing about 100 people to be evacuated from the five-star London hotel and restaurant. PA Photo. See PA story FIRE Chiltern. Photo credit should read: James Manning/PA Wire
Firefighters said it would like need a large refurbishment (Picture: James Manning/PA Wire)
Firefighters attend the scene of a fire at the Chiltern Firehouse hotel in London, Britain, February 15, 2025. REUTERS/Chris J. Ratcliffe
The restaurant and hotel is popular with celebrities (Picture: Reuters)

Demi, 62, is nominated in the leading actress category and has already picked up gongs at the Critics Choice Awards and Golden Globes for her role in body horror film The Substance.

Cynthia, 38, who played Elphaba in movie musical Wicked, is also a nominee in the leading actress category.

She will be joined by her co-star Ariana Grande, who has received a supporting actress nod for her role playing Glinda in the reimagining of L Frank Baum’s stories.

Cynthia and Demi will go head-to-head with Mikey Madison, who plays a sex worker in Anora, Karla Sofia Gascon for Spanish language musical Emilia Perez, and Saoirse Ronan for The Outrun – a film exploring mental health and addiction.

Picture from the Instagram feed of The Twenty Two Hotel Grosvenor Square London
Netflix has now relocated its afterparty to The Twenty Two (Picture: @thetwentytwo)
Picture from the Instagram feed of The Twenty Two Hotel Grosvenor Square London
The central London location is also a luxury hotel (Picture: @thetwentytwo)
Picture from the Instagram feed of The Twenty Two Hotel Grosvenor Square London
Dozens of stars are expected to be in attendance (Picture: @thetwentytwo)

Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez, stars of Emilia Perez and Bafta nominees, are to present prizes at the awards, with actress Gascon unconfirmed among those attending, amid criticism over a number of tweets.

The 52-year-old has stepped back from promoting the film after the X posts, made between 2019 and 2024, about Islam, the death of George Floyd and diversity at the Oscars resurfaced following the musical’s release.

The main event will be presented by Doctor Who and Rivals villain David Tennant for the second year running.

However, he previously told Metro he was worried about ‘breaking’ the whole thing.

‘I definitely have the advantage of this not being my day job,’ David elaborated further.

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 18: Host David Tennant on stage during the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2024 at The Royal Festival Hall on February 18, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Kate Green/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA)
David is presenting the Baftas for a second time (Picture: Kate Green/Bafta/Getty Images for Bafta)

‘It’s a lovely thing to be asked to do. It’s a huge privilege and it’s very giddy-making.

‘But I’ve sort of got a bit of a free pass because nobody expects me to be any good at it.’

Other attendees at this year’s ceremony include leading actor nominees Ralph Fiennes, Sebastian Stan, Hugh Grant, Adrien Brody, Colman Domingo and Timothee Chalamet – as well as Kate Winslet, who stars in Bafta-nominated film Lee, and Jesse Eisenberg, whose film A Real Pain is nominated.

British pop group Take That will perform their chart-topping hit Greatest Day, which features in the film Anora, and Wicked star Jeff Goldblum is set to play the piano during the In Memoriam segment.

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