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Before he hit it big dishing out food advice on Netflix’s smash hit Queer Eye, Antoni Porowski cut his culinary teeth in multicultural Montreal. He can wax poetic about Quebec corn, list his favourite cheeses at Montreal grocer Adonis, and has firm opinions about our best bagel.

“Montreal is just so multicultural and ethnic and diverse and it’s what makes us special,” said Porowski, who now lives in New York City. “I say ‘us’ like I still live there but I still do feel like a Montrealer.”

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Porowski, 34, grew up in Brossard, studied psychology at Concordia University and worked as a waiter in Montreal before leaving for New York to pursue an acting career. On a whim, he applied to be the food expert on Queer Eye.

On the show, he is one of five experts who give hapless people a total makeover. Porowski’s job is to show them how to make basic meals so they can take care of themselves. That led to a deal for his own cookbook, which features easy recipes for the home cook, expected in 2019.