Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski Is An Emotional Eater

The Sporkful

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4.6 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Antoni Porowski wasn’t the obvious choice to be the food expert on Queer Eye — he’s not a chef and he has no formal culinary training. When the show debuted in 2018, many people asked, “Can this guy actually cook?” Not the most reassuring reaction for Antoni, who already struggled with impostor syndrome.

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0:00.0	Sirius XM Podcasts.
0:10.0	This episode contains explicit language.
0:16.0	Anthony, so I feel like you strike me as a person who's very kind, thoughtful, sensitive.
0:23.7	But I also have a theory about you.
0:26.1	I think that maybe underlying that kind-hearted Canadian is also a person who has very strong opinions about food.
0:36.9	I do.
0:41.5	So let me hit you with a few quick Anthony hot takes here, okay?
0:45.3	Sure.
0:45.9	You grew up in Montreal, which is famous for its bagels.
0:49.4	What is the best bagel place in Montreal?
0:52.0	St. Vieter.
0:53.6	St.
0:54.0	Vieter Bagels. After Polish school every Saturday,
0:57.1	my dad would go and get a dozen sesame seed bagels and I would get like the 13th and it would
1:03.1	always be warm and perfect and I would dip it in this. It's like a smoked salmon spread that was
1:08.8	just fantastic. And you're not a poppy person?
1:12.8	I am in desserts, but for bagels, I just, I love the, there's something about like the
1:18.1	sweetness and the crunch of sesame seeds that I just, I much prefer.
1:21.4	A poppy seed doesn't bring much to a bagel.
1:23.7	It doesn't.
1:25.2	I've heard you say that you never order chicken in a restaurant.
1:28.9	That's a lie.
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