Antoni Porowski is a Canadian television personality, actor, chef, and
model. He is the food and wine expert on the Netflix series Queer
Eye.Porowski was born in Montreal, Quebec, to Polish parents after
they emigrated to Canada with his two older sisters. His father is a
physician. He grew up speaking Polish, English, and French. He and his
parents moved to Glade Springs, West Virginia, when he was twelve, and
he lived between there and Montreal throughout his high school years
before finally returning to Montreal to attend Marianopolis College
and then university. Porowski and his mother do not have a good
relationship, as revealed in season four of Queer Eye.After graduating
from Concordia University with a bachelor's degree in Psychology,
Porowski moved to New York City to study acting at the Neighborhood
Playhouse School of the Theatre, from which he graduated in 2011. He
taught himself to cook by referring to his grandmother's cooking
techniques. He is also a close friend of the original Queer Eye’s
cooking expert and sommelier Ted Allen, who was a mentor.
model. He is the food and wine expert on the Netflix series Queer
Eye.Porowski was born in Montreal, Quebec, to Polish parents after
they emigrated to Canada with his two older sisters. His father is a
physician. He grew up speaking Polish, English, and French. He and his
parents moved to Glade Springs, West Virginia, when he was twelve, and
he lived between there and Montreal throughout his high school years
before finally returning to Montreal to attend Marianopolis College
and then university. Porowski and his mother do not have a good
relationship, as revealed in season four of Queer Eye.After graduating
from Concordia University with a bachelor's degree in Psychology,
Porowski moved to New York City to study acting at the Neighborhood
Playhouse School of the Theatre, from which he graduated in 2011. He
taught himself to cook by referring to his grandmother's cooking
techniques. He is also a close friend of the original Queer Eye’s
cooking expert and sommelier Ted Allen, who was a mentor.
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