Queer Eye's Antoni rates our beloved British food | British GQ

One fifth of the Fab Five, and Queer Eye's very own food expert, Antoni Porowski tries out some of Britain’s best loved dishes for the GQ taste test. Which of our beloved British cuisine does he love and which can't he stand?
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Read the full interview with Antoni here www.gq-magazine.co.uk/lifestyle/article/antoni-porowski-cookbook

[@BernardProfitendieu]

why would anyone want to do that?

[@pipercharms7374]

someone should tell him the bubble and squeak its left overs with mash potatoe so he can shove whatever he wants in there.

[@mailindamai13]

I love how he’s throwing shade while also being the nicest and sweetest human being ever.

[@princesssolo1197]

Mailinda! We love a passive aggressive Antoni

[@classiqfemme]

Wouldn't call this sweet... perky more like

[@logeluan1]

What do you expect from a Canadian? We tend to be nice and sweet, even when throwing shade! LOL

[@jessielefey]

@@logeluan1 And we tend to throw shade even when we're nice, eh? //laugh// Like, yeah, this video would out Antoni as a Canadian to anyone who didn't already know. That snarky passive aggression is embedded in our DNA at birth or something. ;-)

[@kylejnicholson]

He can only get away with that because people are distracted by how attractive he is. I mean... Literally.

[@dp9828]

'You guys toss the word pudding around very liberally'' 😂😂 true 😂😂

[@88beccachu]

So funny. As a kid, I got so excited when I saw my dinner came with pudding. I was so sad when Yorkshire pudding showed up on my plate.

[@iamvain]

D P he says that like we didn’t invent English anyway 😂

[@dp9828]

@@iamvain Exactly! haha

[@kaysi6605]

@ThatOneAsianBroChick the really confusing thing is, that the Americans adapted the German word pudding to mean what it means in America, however the German word itself was adapted from the English word of puddingwhich always used to mean a dish that start off wet is then encased and then boiled or steamed in order to set it just like black pudding

[@carriemartinez2933]

@PentaholicSPN FAMILYPotter Head more like custard!!!

[@howmart]

Girl why does that black pudding look like rocky road

[@eilidh9645]

howmart yeah that’s not the type of black pudding I’d give someone for the first time

[@lisaedwards6621]

It's a proper Bury black pudding

[@antianti328]

Ikr that's not a black pudding, I've never seen one with those massive white chunks. The best black pudding is from Stornoway (bc that's where black pudding is from)

[@jessicawright2912]

I have never had black pudding that looks like that..

[@andrewsparkes8829]

@@antianti328 That is absolutely a 'proper' black pudding, in terms of how it was originally made. Don't get me wrong, it isn't the typical black pudding made and served in most places nowadays which I personally prefer, but it also most definitely is not "not a black pudding" as you claimed.

[@booksflavia]

Be real nice if any of these were properly cooked. Bubble and squeak SHOULD have a crispy crust! Otherwise it neither bubbles nor squeaks! Also... Square black pudding?

[@alexachipman]

I know, right!

[@theduffster1985]

And also it should be served on toast

[@katla_phc]

yeah that bubble and squeak looked like the stuff served in my uni's dining hall, if you were late to lunch and it's been sitting out for an hour

[@polyphiloprogenitive4614]

That was NOT Bubble and Squeak! and Black Pudding is supposed to be boiled and sliced, or sliced and fried. I've never seen one served in raw-looking chunks before!

[@kai0tfoool]

That's what the original looked like

[@smudgenugget9625]

Can this guy look any more like Christian Bale in American Psycho?

[@antianti328]

Omg I never noticed, now I can't see anything else!!

[@georgemilo7649]

No way that just twigged to me halfway through the video and I see this

[@Lettersforhartigan]

They filmed an American Psycho spoof with him!

[@rainbowjo78]

I haven't even seen American Psycho but I've always felt like this guy was a secret serial killer, and now I'm utterly convinced.

[@j2174]

Canadian Psycho 🇨🇦🤪

[@sophiewong9588]

The employees at GQ watching antoni basically complain how ill cooked the first two dishes were to then find a HAIR IN THE THIRD... I could hear the gasps hahaha “it’s not a hair so don’t freak out”

[@Berrybabe09]

antoni acknowledging his rambling habits and telling himself to shut up already is all of us

[@shazzycromo]

Kippers are not beloved, that wasn't bubble and squeak and pork pies are supposed to be cold... but yes, bakewell tarts truly are a wonderful invention.

[@Alan_Mac]

"Kippers are not beloved,"? Of course they are. I have them often.

[@Hvrtjff]

I love a kipper, me!

[@ambercastro2887]

I can listen to Antoni talk about food for hours on end. Can he please have his own cooking show already??

[@tedfaun2159]

Bakewell Tart should be his drag name

[@soucriant3035]

Yes

[@pavlinafricova2038]

But it's Eva Cado or something like that

[@nattiemar]

his drag name is 'ava cado'

[@pavlinafricova2038]

@@nattiemar yeah exactly, thanks 😄

[@lailinshale]

YESSSSS

[@charlotteabercrombie291]

The subtle smile of amusement he gives whenever the plates come and go though...

[@maddy78912]

Most of these were really weirdly done, particularly the black pudding and the bubble and squeak.

[@westsideisdabest7825]

Love this guys optimism about British food, you can tell he's open to trying things himself rather than believing the meme that all British food is bad.

[@amynix2632]

I was told all my life that Irish and UK food was bland and bad. It SO wasn't! I freaking love pub food in the UK. It's so bad for you and so delicious. We don't have anything remotely like curry chips in the US, and I miss them every single weekend. Your crisps are better. Your stews are fantastic. You do amazing things with fried fish. You make brilliant sandwiches--seriously, lunch in the UK or Eire was amazing. American convenience sandwiches are just garbage compared to even the crappiest egg salad sandwich from Tesco or M&S. God, I miss sandwiches from the UK. Oh! And your salads. You put rocket (they call it arugula here, but I refuse. It's rocket) on everything, which is divine. Sigh. Yeah, British food is NOT the stereotype. It's such delicious comfort food.

[@alexlyster3459]

Yeah I think a lot of the stereo type comes from post war Britain when food was scare and they'd boil everything, so it was quite bland for a time. American Servicemen took those memories back with them and the idea stuck, even though culinary talent and appreciation over here went back up over time.

[@macareuxmoine]

Amy Nix Could Not agree more!

[@victoriahorner2471]

I love when his voice gets all high pitched and squeaky

[@nattiemar]

what english tory made these??? why is nothing??? done??? correctly????

[@starlinguk]

It'll be one of those Etonians who go to expensive clubs to eat "the food of their youth". Like the Hovis and lumpy custard they used to be served at boarding school.

[@guyclark8133]

lol after the recent elections looks like most of us are tories- Bad luck!!!

[@maxwild1212]

@James Chris The autism is strong in this one.

[@chaton20]

James Chris bs

[@andrewsparkes8829]

@James Chris Do they though? Boris is currently begging people for money to ring a bell. He is basically doing small-scale socialism himself right now; asking people who can afford it to put money towards a cause he thinks will benefit the country as a whole. So he's not only a hypocrite but also cannot budget for an event to save his life and is getting caught up in the fanfare. Your menus may be printed with gold-leaf he begged for the money to afford, but chances are he hasn't even bought an oven for the restaurant yet.

[@MicheleKlinger]

I literally could watch and listen to Antoni talk about food ALL DAY

[@movietimeateds69]

I love how England conquered the world for spices, yet dont use them at all in their food.

[@macareuxmoine]

Joe there are actually quite some spices in let’s say: Black Pudding, Mincemeat, Gin, Gingerbread, Brown Sauce...

[@user-tn7kl3sq2r]

macareuxmoine and they are??

[@user-tn7kl3sq2r]

Drew Peacock but “curries” (a word made by the england from the word khadhi) are desi

[@user-tn7kl3sq2r]

Drew Peacock not a lot of spice but that’s cool to be fair. Always thought the best british food was the deserts

[@movietimeateds69]

@@user-tn7kl3sq2r its a word they used to describe any foreign sauce with spices.

[@mitchellparr551]

That wasn’t bubble and squeak, that was an embarrassment.

[@streamgrapes]

"this lends to my sensibility and love of all things smoked: kiełbasa, herring, MORE KIEŁBASA, MORE HERRING" antoni i love you

[@bookishnymph8533]

I could watch Antoni pick apart his food and turn into a song all day.

[@tinadelmi6307]

It’s impossible to not fall in love with hin

[@katydavis6524]

he says he doesn't care that the pork pie is cold but when have you ever eaten a hot pork pie?? NEVER

[@zeeheaded]

They do some peculiar things when microwaved

[@MrChris8162]

You've not eaten one warmed through. You are missing out. Oven 180 10 to 15

[@sarahjeannestor]

Hot pork pie and peas... perfect food for bonfire weekend 🙈

[@natatatt]

Antoni is Canadian, so he may have been expecting it to be more like the tourtiere or other similar meat pies (served warm) in Canada.

[@amynix2632]

In the Americas, we eat savory pies warm, so it's always noteworthy to us when we encounter the European habit of eating cold meat and curry pies. They're delicious...they're just not what we're used to. Hot pork pies are amazeballs.

[@londontolosangeles12]

I thought the black pudding was rocky road in the thumbnail lol

[@auditionhime]

I love how talkative he is... And his facial expression is... ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️!!!

[@riverIl0719]

Gosh, he's attractive.

[@grayonthewater]

“Goes to London once!🤣 I’ve been before.😐”

[@estopesto2647]

I never say that, goes to London once I've been before This is how I am home alone haha

[@kirasussane1556]

Throwing shade in a sweet and polite way. That is why I love Antoni💗🤣🤣

[@MichaelToa]

He’s so adorable.

[@timothytai691]

I adore how he has so much trouble remembering to eat the food and just ranting on about it. He's so enthusiastic about it

[@b0o0dlesn0o0dles]

Oh what a delightful person! Love watching people talk about their passions

[@manicpixiecurse5337]

IKR!!

[@AB-je5bc]

I will watch antoni sit and stare at a wall if I have to. I love him. 😭

[@AidenAidens]

That was not bubble and squeak.

[@MsDimps24]

Aiden Aidens I thought that, but then I though do we all make it differently, I thought it was all the leftovers from Sunday dinner ??

[@Irishgui83]

I thought bubble and squeak was leftovers from a potatoe/chicken/veg dinner the night before? That's what it is in Northern Ireland anyway 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Rothley131gamezz]

@@MsDimps24 Yes its supposed to be the left over veg from Sunday lunch/dinner

[@sambam9120]

Yeah it should have been fried off and have crispy bits

[@alliramsay1328]

"Pudding is like...it's pudding."

[@MsDimps24]

Pudding a sweet treat that we sometimes have after Tea. It’s also a pie type thing- like steak and kidney pudding, rag pudding. Then there is Black pudding and white pudding, ok we use the word a little too much but couldn’t imagine calling those things anything else.

[@SmoreLegend]

Whoever arranged the platter is obv not British and needs fired immediately

[@movietimeateds69]

Meh. British food, even when made properly, just isn't that great.

[@SmoreLegend]

Heathen

[@movietimeateds69]

@@SmoreLegend some stuff is good, but as far as cuisine goes it ranks pretty low for me. That bubble and squeak was abysmal, though. He really should have had a real one.

[@lyrechee]

@@movietimeateds69 agreed! British food is so bland and honestly not something I would seek out to eat -_-

[@erinh9267]

Sometimes it is difficult to remember to eat if you're busy and also bored by cooking and self-care. But, Dude, thank you for making me feel hungry, again.

[@Joannemar]

"I like a sweet treat at the end of a meal. I feel like I've worked for it." 😂

[@leamattei1323]

he's so weird sometimes i love him

[@CultureDTCTV]

He looks and almost acts like Christian Bale in American Psycho

[@andressosa7139]

This guy has the same personality as Gene from Bob's Burgers

[@victoriamurillo6571]

I could watch him eat all day.

[@adelbasso]

I’m not sure that food was in any shape of form a good representation of Britain... however he’s fun to watch!

[@fajarsetiawan8665]

Give him the Jellied Eels and Stargazy Pie and let's see what his reaction would be like.

[@blablablack5244]

who else cried internally when he said ketchup with a pork pie

[@TACKOS0]

Bla bla Black its a Canadian thing lol, we have ketchup with our meat pies!

[@virtualatheist]

For a chef... how did he not know that pickle is the only acceptable accompaniment for a pork pie?

[@chrisdavies9821]

@@virtualatheist Mustard (though I prefer a good french mustard) is amazing with a good pork pie (not huge amounts btw as that would just be wrong)

[@Constantlystealing]

He’s from Montreal, our meat pies are eaten warm with ketchup (either the Heinz kind or the homemade fruit ketchup preserves our grandmas made)

[@RachelSoma]

virtualatheist excuse me, what about hot English mustard

[@ryuusei1907]

SO THAT’S WHAT KIPPERS ARE I grew up reading the Famous Five but I was today years old when I learnt what it is

[@polyphiloprogenitive4614]

That looked more like a bloater than a Kipper. Kippers are moist and flaky!

[@BritishGQ]

A new favourite?

[@marulollipops]

Somehow I see you everywhere....

[@kellymm7630]

I'm impressed about the brown sauce

[@PaulaJoW]

Great sense of humour. Fun video.

[@han-ks9vo]

i just wanna hug antoni

[@tatikto]

After seeing this I can say this with a fair amount of confidence... no Latino envy English cuisine.

[@CJPDX]

Amen!

[@thatfatginger]

The way he talks about food sounds pretentious sometimes but he's actually a really adorable goof

[@caulintanner7380]

Is this shot on a weird frame rate or something? It’s tripping me out.

[@davecrawley4634]

This man is excellent.

[@nikitasimona5626]

Someone get Antoni to watch Tan and Hasan talk about “Naan Bread”. It’s Naan the bread is redundant. But we’ll let it slide because he’s cute

[@jmkupihea7630]

Okay but like, Naan, despite being literally just 'bread' in it's original language, becomes a descriptor word for English. What *kind* of bread is it? Oh it's Naan bread! We have access to every single kind of bread in the world from the Catholic 'Literally Jesus' wheat wafers to the bread baked in earthenware cones by the ancient Egyptians so while yeah, obviously it's all 'bread', we need to be able to easily explain what variety of bread it just so happens to be.

[@SingingSuperstar28]

@@jmkupihea7630 It's more about the fact that we call it Naan BREAD. The bread part is redundant, a bit like if we were to call baguette a baguette bread. We could just call it Naan

[@jmkupihea7630]

@@SingingSuperstar28 Yeah but then people would be like GRANDMA NO

[@phoebemeg512]

Nikita Devadoss yes! Same for when people say “Mi Goreng Noodles” and don’t realise they’re saying “fried noodles noodles”

[@xJonnaax]

It's like chai tea.

[@ryryrueiuii7063]

He's so sweet

[@maxli1762]

Just can’t get Antoni out of my head😂he makes me have more understanding about polish😀

[@teresitauy5532]

Omg, he soooo cute ...those eyes...love,love love this guy. 💙💙💙

[@faeshotton463]

Wtf who made that bubble and sqeak I'm gonna fight them... It should pan fried like he said. So shameful

[@shemwaw6389]

Big up for pasztet😍

[@frantreml7795]

Bake well Tart is so nice...i love it

[@BySamWithLove]

So weird, I've never enjoyed watching a man eat more than I just have. The power of Antoni ahahah

[@woof999]

God he’s adorable!!

[@ImthatOneGuyTho]

Antoni😍

[@nuriarosso8049]

His hands are so perfect. My god those nails! He is my impossible someone.

[@positronicfeed]

What is "too much sushi"? I've never heard of it before.

[@pullthetrigger]

Love him

[@sr98851]

I love how he always sings make an incision

[@tipshaxx_for_you]

I love watching him review food. So approachable but knowledgeable? Even his shameless plugs are cute

[@lawansuksyiemlieh4848]

This is the best 😂❤

[@starlinguk]

I'm going to be trying the black pudding/toast/mayo combo (but I'm gonna cook the pudding first).

[@combatrevolved]

I love him

[@luxlox9029]

Pork pie with brown sauce is bangin

[@troy4328]

I could listen to him flame bad cooks all day.

[@everythingshiny]

You know you've been in America too long when you consider cake to be an ideal breakfast food ;) Never got used to that!

[@chimeradarkoverlordrosanna1846]

i love this

[@TheLottolandus]

I will cast shade on this fellow. Great Job Sport!

[@yudzuki]

Omg im in love with Antony! Id love him to be my best friend!

[@FlowerofDissolution]

I'm now convinced he can cook better food than what he was fed.

[@lizziewalker9374]

..."This breathe will stay with me, along with the garlic I had last night with the Naan bread." 🤣

[@laranarayanhodges3770]

Wouldn’t expect him to be a ‘naan bread’ person lol 😂

[@oliviah5651]

Lara Hodges I would 🙄🤣

[@harrypotteravenclaw]

It's just naan

[@laranarayanhodges3770]

harrypotteravenclaw yes. I’m aware. That’s why I made a comment about it.

[@13strong]

No mustard with the pork pie? Madness.

[@stephaniemccullough7725]

🎶 make an incision 🎶

[@muddymaddie]

I love how sassy Antoni is here

[@zoey-sn7yg]

gosh i couldn’t love him any more than i do

[@JonnyVision88]

You definitely feel them on bubble and squeak

[@StickItUpYrBumGugle]

Seems like a nice guy.

[@barre_with_jo]

where was the Yorkshire pudding??

[@macareuxmoine]

I am actually really happy Antoni agreed with what I thought all along: that British food is way underrated. The first time I had Black Pudding (Mince Pies, Branston Pickle, Scones, Stilton, etc,) I thought I’d died and gone to heaven... Also British Supermarkets are so well stocked, with British and international food stuffs. And the Waitrose fresh Apple Juice tastes like fresh from the orchard. This is actually my tip for eating on the cheap while traveling in the UK: buy yourself a little picknick in your supermarket of choice and... there you go. On my last trip to London I made the huge mistake of only traveling with cabin luggage: could not bring home Orange Marmalade bc of liquids restrictions 😭 Please tell me: which British Food do you love and I should try?

[@shotay6270]

How he wants to eat bubble and squeak is how our family eat it. 🍳🍳🍳

[@Esfirocapto]

**video starts** Antoni: hmmm me: I agree

[@irfanahmed6871]

I love him!! His so boujie but I love him! Did I mention I love him?

[@swicheroo1]

I've never really seen him before. But I really like his necklace. I must buy one. Anyone got a link?

[@Isa-clara]

I had brown sauce when I was in London and literally tasted like A1 sauce

[@amynix2632]

It's basically the same thing. Brown sauce in the UK is sweeter--more raisins, I think, than A1. It's basically the same sauce, though.

[@leannesebastian4450]

Is anybody else wondering how they pull that plate away? Also... How is Antoni so perfect?

[@BritishGQ]

Magic!

[@iggyisla2527]

can we please all agree that that bubble and squeak looked rank

[@kingask3430]

they should have given gim good old fish and chips

[@ellymoore2094]

absolutely hate the implication that a pork pie *should* be warm and this one just wasn't lol

[@vickytaylor9155]

American pudding is cold eggless custard with flavouring.

[@angelafraser4572]

The correct condiment for a pork pie is branston pickle or a fancy chutney you got in a Christmas hamper