Today’s guest is a global tv star, bestselling author, food obsessive and one of the most beloved members of one of Netflix’s biggest ever shows…Antoni Porowski.

You’ll know Antoni as the much-loved food and wine expert from Netflix’s global phenomenon Queer Eye, where for ten seasons he helped people transform not just the way they cooked and ate, but the way they saw themselves.

Antoni’s own story is such a fascinating journey in itself. In today’s episode, we travel through his life from childhood road trips to the North Carolina coast and the first meal that truly blew his mind, to the trip he saved up for as a young waiter in New York that made him fall completely in love with travel.

We talk about the years before Queer Eye, when he was auditioning, working in restaurants, hustling, and trying to find his way in New York, and what it felt like when the show suddenly changed everything.

And, of course, we dive into his new National Geographic series, Best of the World with Antoni Porowski, which takes him to Paris, Mexico City, London and New York.

Destination Recap:

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Pennsylvania, USA
New York City, USA
Philadelphia, USA
Montreal, Canada
September Cafe, Montreal, Canada
Rotisserie Italienne, Montreal, Canada
McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Mount Royal, Montreal, Canada
Outremont, Montreal, Canada
Le Merc, Montreal, Canada
Bilboquet, Montreal, Canada
Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA
Dirty Dick’s Crab House, Cape Hatteras, USA
The Labrador, Cape Hatteras, USA
Canadian Hole, Cape Hatteras, USA
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA
West Virginia, USA
Vancouver, Canada
Florence, Italy
Rome, Italy
Mexico City, Mexico
Roma Norte, Mexico City, Mexico
Rosetta, Mexico City, Mexico
Canals of Mexico City, Mexico
Alebrijes Festival, Mexico City, Mexico
Museo de Arte Popular / Folkloric Museum, Mexico City, Mexico
Borneo, Malaysia
Kuching, Malaysia
Iban longhouses, Sarawak, Malaysia
Kuching waterfront / canal, Kuching, Malaysia
Kuching food kiosks, Kuching, Malaysia
Fire Island, New York, USA
Long Island, New York, USA
Ibiza, Spain
Iceland
Istanbul, Turkey
Morocco
Patagonia, Argentina/Chile

Best of the World with Antoni Porowski premieres June 7 on National Geographic and will be available to stream June 8 on Disney+ and Hulu.

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