Max Renews 'Like Water For Chocolate'

The Spanish drama will conclude its story in Season 2.

December 5, 2024

Max has renewed Like Water for Chocolate for a second season. Coming a month after its premiere, the announcement was made by Salma Hayek Pinault at an event showcasing upcoming international programming for the platform. Season 2 will serve as a conclusion to the story.

Since its November debut, the series has become the most watched Latin American content on the streaming service worldwide and has climbed to rank among the top three most watched series on the platform during its premiere month.

"We are proud to see the success that Like Water for Chocolate is having on international screens. It is an original Latin American production made with the highest quality standards that characterize HBO series, with an incredibly talented community of local creators and artists," said Mariano Cesar, SVP of General Entertainment Content and Programming Strategy at Warner Bros. Discovery for Latin America and US Hispanic. "This second season of the series will complete the story, fusing essential aspects of Mexican culture, such as magical realism and gastronomy, acting as forms of expression and connection. These themes are developed from a female perspective, in which the questioning of social and family mandates reinforces the current relevance of the narrative."

Adapted from Laura Esquivel's iconic novel, the series follows Tita de la Garza and Pedro Múzquiz, who are two souls deeply in love yet unable to be together due to entrenched family customs. Together they navigate a world of magical realism and rich flavors as Tita struggles between the destiny imposed on her by her family and her fight for love. Tita's greatest refuge is the kitchen, where her magical connection to cooking becomes an active resistance against oppression, allowing her to channel her deepest desires and passions into her recipes, transforming those who taste them.