Baker Boys (Thai TV series)

Baker Boys
Official poster of the series
Thai	รักของผม ขนมของคุณ
Genre	Romantic comedy Mystery
Based on	Antique Bakery by Fumi Yoshinaga
Directed by	Pannares Ruchiranantal
Starring	Thanat Lowkhunsombat Prachaya Ruangroj Purim Rattanaruangwattana Foei Patara Eksangkul
Ending theme	"Sweet Day" by Lee Thanat, Singto Prachaya, Pluem Purim and Foei Patara
Country of origin	Thailand
Original language	Thai
No. of seasons	1
Production
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	GMMTV
Original release
Network	GMM 25 AIS Play
Release	24 November (2021-11-24) – 30 December 2021 (2021-12-30)
Related
Antique (2008, South Korea)

Baker Boys (Thai: รักของผม ขนมของคุณ; RTGS: Rak Khong Phom, Khanom Khong Khun, lit. My Love, Your Desserts) is a 2021 Thai romantic comedy-drama television series starring Thanat Lowkhunsombat (Lee), Prachaya Ruangroj (Singto), Purim Rattanaruangwattana (Pluem) and Patara Eksangkul (Foei). Adapted from the manga series Antique Bakery by Fumi Yoshinaga, it tells the stories of four bakers who go through different challenges in life while on the baking industry. It's also the Thai version of the Japanese and South Korean franchises.

Directed by Pannares Ruchiranantal (Poy) and produced by GMMTV, this series is one of sixteen television series of GMMTV for 2021 during their "GMMTV 2021: The New Decade Begins" event on 3 December 2020. It is currently airing every Wednesday and Thursday at 20:30 (8:30 pm) on GMM25, and the streaming app AIS PLAY at 22:30 (10:30 pm), replacing the timeslot of reruns of Nabi, My Stepdarling. It was succeeded by 55:15 Never Too Late on its timeslot on GMM25.

Synopsis

Punn, the son of a billionaire, owns a popular bakery and credits success to Weir, the "God of Pastry." Despite his lack of interest, Punn attracts customers worldwide. Krathing, an apprentice, and Pooh, Punn's personal bodyguard, serve as his staff. Monet, a reporter, investigates the mysterious disappearances of young people from the store and uncovers a secret.

Cast and characters

Main

• Thanat Lowkhunsombat (Lee) as Punnapat "Punn" Detrachatanan / Manga character: Keiichiro Tachibana. He is the owner of the Sweet Day Cafe, the area that would eventually be the vital part of the child-abduction case
• Prachaya Ruangroj (Singto) as Warakron "Weir" Chanwanit / Manga character: Yūsuke Ono. He is a pastry chef that was hired by Punn in his new business.
• Purim Rattanaruangwattana (Pluem) as Tadtep "Krathing" Udommana / Manga character: Eiji Kanda. He is a retired boxer due to a medical condition who was hired by Punn in the café via a 3-month probation.
• Patara Eksangkul (Foei) as Pooh / Manga character: Chikage Kobayakawa. A bodyguard of Punn that was falsely pointed out as one of the suspects in the kidnapping of the child by Krathing and Monet

Supporting

• Juthapich Indrajundra (Jamie) as Monet, an internet journalist who is investigating the child-abduction case along with her parents
• Oliver Pupart (An) as Manop, Monet's father who is also a reporter.
• Apasiri Nitibhon (Um) as Rochi, Monet's mother who is also a reporter.
• Athiwat Sanitwong Na Ayutthaya (Ton) as Chok
• Khoo Pei-Cong (Wave) as Jean
• Akkarin Akaranithimetrath (Joke) as Ted
• Kulteera Yordchang (Unda) as Piglet
• Phromphiriya Thongputtaruk (Papang) as Tum Tam
• Neen Suwanamas as Im-aim
• Ployphat Phatchatorn Thanawat as View
• Suratnawee Suwiporn (Bow) as Tiwa
• Sobee Chotirot Kaewpinit as Nuan
• Kalaya Lerdkasemsap (Ngek) as Weir's mom

Guests

• Thanaboon Wanlopsirinun (Na) as the host of the contest
• Chatchawit Techarukpong (Victor) as Pob - Krating's boxing rival
• Noppharnach Chaiwimol (Backaof)
• Chinnarat Siriphongchawalit (Mike) as Noom - Weir's teacher

Reception

Thailand television ratings

• In the table below, the blue number represents the lowest ratings and the red number represents the highest ratings.

Episode No.	Timeslot (UTC+07:00)	Air date	Average audience share	Ref.
1	Wednesdays-Thursdays, 8:30 pm	24 November 2021	0.135
2		25 November 2021	0.107
3		1 December 2021	0.084
4		2 December 2021	0.034
5		8 December 2021	0.078
6		9 December 2021	0.075
7		15 December 2021	0.131
8		16 December 2021	0.042
9		22 December 2021	0.090
10		23 December 2021	0.093
11		29 December 2021
12		30 December 2021
Average			— 1

^1 Based on the average audience share per episode.

International broadcast

• Philippines – The series is one of the newest five GMMTV television series, alongside "Bad Buddy", "Not Me", "Enchanté", and "F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers" (a Thai adaptation of Meteor Garden, which had a different versions in Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China, which was aired before on ABS-CBN) was acquired by ABS-CBN Corporation, after its successful acquisition of eight previous series under GMMTV. It was announced by Dreamscape Entertainment on 28 June 2021. Starting on 24 November 2021, all episodes with English subtitles will be made accessible for streaming on iWantTFC, in tandem with the Thailand broadcast. The streaming platform first released the Filipino-dubbed version for the first episode on 30 November 2021, with other episodes in succeeding dates.

External links

• Baker Boys on GMM 25 website (in Thai)
• Baker Boys on AIS Play
• Baker Boys at IMDb
• GMMTV