“When I was around 18, I got kicked out of my parents' house, and I wasn't allowed to take anything with me. I slept on YMCA towels for a whole semester in university before my father found out and bought me a mattress. I felt really free because I was finally living on my own, but I was also really depressed because I had nothing.”

Canadian television personality, cook, actor, model, and author

Antoni Porowski is a Canadian television personality, cook, actor, model, and author. He is best known as the food and wine expert on the Netflix series Queer Eye, a role he has held since 2018. Beyond that series, he has built a public career across television, food, and publishing. His work centers on cooking and wine, and his wider profile comes from moving between on-screen appearances, modeling, acting, and authorship.