Antoni Porowskiwill be back home in Canada with his family for the holiday season, but theQueer Eyefood and wine expertprobably won’t be doing much cooking.
“Everyone is super respectful in my family — they don’t want me to cook when I’m around them because they feel like I do it all the time,” thechef, 35,tells PEOPLE about his upcoming vacation. “The irony is that I don’t get to cook as much as I’d like to [because I travel so much].”
Courtesy of Gorton’s
The cookbook author recently revisited another childhood favorite food for his partnership withGorton’s Seafoodand their Wild Alaska Pollock products. Growing up in Montréal, fish sticks were a go-to snack. “As a kid, I ate them dipped into ketchup with a side of peas, butter, and salt,” he tells PEOPLE. “There’s something iconic about it.”
Though he still loves the classic interpretation, Porowski has enjoyed developing moresophisticated recipesfor Gorton’s likefish tacoswith cabbage, chipotle mayo and “offensive amount of cilantro because I love cilantro,” he jokes.
When he’s really looking to indulge, the foodie always goes back to the same two options. “Mac and cheese or a cheeseboard,” he says. “Having a bunch of cheese and crackers, fresh bread, and dried fruit or fresh fruit is still the ultimate decadence.”
After a successful year of putting out his debut cookbookAntoni in the Kitchen, and starring in multiple seasons ofQueer Eye, includingQueer Eye: We’re in Japan!,Porowski deserves to let loose. As for how he feels about his latest accomplishment — being named namedPEOPLE’s Sexiest Reality Star— he is as modest as ever.
“If you saw me right now I would probably be two shades more red,” he says with a laugh. “I’m honored that people actually took the time to go and click on my name and submit a vote. But at the same time, it’s kind of uncomfortable and not something I really ever aspired to.”
source: people.com
