Netflix modified course for this yr’s post-BAFTA Movie Award celebration, set to happen on Sunday, February 16. The annual soirée was scheduled to be held on the Chiltern Firehouse however after an unlucky blaze on February 14, the place was evacuated and the celebration was moved to a different location.
The Chiltern friends and workers have been safely escorted out of the premises and no casualties have been discovered. Nevertheless, the placement has been locked till additional discover. The streamer’s post-BAFTA celebration will now be held on the luxurious lodge The Twenty Two in Mayfair’s Grosvenor Sq..
This last-minute pivot signifies that Netflix is set to honor and have a good time its nominees. It has a complete of 16 nominations going into the celebrated awards ceremony, together with 11 for Emilia Pérez, one for Daughters, one for Will & Harper, and three for Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.
The streamer has been internet hosting the shindig at Kids Firehouse since 2019 and shortly grew to become one of many must-stop spots for actors post-BAFTA awards. Yearly, the Netflix celebration homes esteemed actors, filmmakers, and even some executives of rival studios.
The announcement of the modified location got here inside 24 hours of the information of the hearth on the superstar hotspot coming to gentle. The proprietor of Chiltern Firehouse, Andre Balazs, shared an announcement on February 14.
He expressed his “heartfelt gratitude and appreciation” for the 120 firefighters who got here from 14 completely different stations and introduced the hearth underneath management with their devoted efforts. Balazs recalled a number of the first responders telling him about their “sentimental” attachment to the Victorian constructing, which has been a big landmark for many years.
The proprietor shared that one of many firefighters who rushed to the Chiltern Firehouse used to work there when the lavish restaurant was a fireplace station round 30 years again. “I’m actually grateful to all of them, as I’m certain that this isn’t the Valentine’s Day night they’d in thoughts,” Balazs added.