New York Times Bestselling Author and Star of Netflix’s Queer Eye
Antoni Porowski: Biography at a Glance
- Antoni Porowski is a New York Times bestselling author, producer and star of Netflix’s hit series Queer Eye, which has won “Outstanding Structured Reality Program” for six consecutive years.
- As the show’s food and wine expert, the self-taught cook brings with him a lifelong passion for food, later honed in restaurants from Montreal to New York and under mentor Ted Allen, original Fab Five food and wine expert.
- Porowski also serves as executive producer of Netflix’s Easy-Bake Battle culinary competition series and the docuseries No Taste Like Home from Studio Ramsay Global for National Geographic.
- Antoni’s first cookbook, Antoni in the Kitchen, debuted at #2 on the New York Times’ Best Seller List and was followed by Antoni: Let’s Do Dinner.
- Antoni brings his lifelong passion for food to Yummers, his pet food brand co-founded alongside Queer Eye castmate Jonathan Van Ness, and pet industry veteran Rebecca Frechette Rudisch.
- Antoni is developing a feature film, entitled Girls and Boys, for Netflix loosely based on Antoni’s real-life dating experiences as a sexually fluid man.
- He is an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ+ rights everywhere, serves on the board of the Petco Love Foundation, and is a member of City Harvest's Food Council, a group of top chefs and culinary experts dedicated to spreading awareness and raising funds to end hunger in communities throughout New York City.
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Antoni Porowski is a New York Times Bestselling author, host, and executive producer of Netflix’s Easy-Bake Battle culinary competition series and the upcoming docuseries No Taste Like Home from Studio Ramsay Global for National Geographic, and Emmy-winning producer and star of Netflix’s hit series Queer Eye. Coming up, Antoni is developing a feature film, entitled Girls and Boys, for Netflix with Black-ish creator Kenya Barris. The film is loosely based on Antoni’s real-life dating experiences as a sexually fluid man.
A self-taught cook, Antoni is a four-time Emmy nominee for his role as Queer Eye’s resident food & wine expert. The hit series has won the Emmy Award for “Outstanding Structured Reality Program” for six consecutive years, breaking the current category record for most wins. In 2024, Antoni and his fellow cast members took home their first Emmys as producers.
Antoni brings his lifelong passion for food to Yummers, his pet food brand cofounded alongside Queer Eye castmate Jonathan Van Ness and pet industry veteran Rebecca Frechette Rudisch.
Born in Canada to European emigrants, Antoni is an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ+ rights everywhere, especially his family’s native Poland. Antoni also serves on the board of the Petco Love Foundation and is a member of City Harvest's Food Council, a group of top chefs and culinary experts dedicated to spreading awareness and raising funds to end hunger in communities throughout New York City.
