Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski unveils holiday window display at Saks Lights Up Fifth Avenue event

He is the food and wine expert on the Netflix series Queer Eye. 

And on Monday night, Antoni Porowski took center stage to light up New York’s Fifth Avenue as part of the Saks reimagined holiday window display.

The 36-year-old Polish-Canadian TV personality was the latest in a string of celebrities who in turn light up one holiday window as part of socially-distanced celebrations.

The Saks Lights Up Fifth Avenue event is being livestreamed so people can enjoy it safely during the pandemic.

Each window display represents a donation to a charity suggested by the celebrity that lights it up.

In honor of Porowski, the department store made a donation to the Family Equality Council that advances equality for LGBTQ+ families.

Before heading out to the event, Porowski posted a selfie to his Instagram which showed him dressed up in the bedroom of his apartment as his beloved rescue pup looked on.

In the caption, he wrote: ‘got dressed up today it was a v big deal ‘cept doggo didn’t recognize me in real clothes.’

Porowski moved from Canada to New York City to study acting and worked in the restaurant industry while trying to establish a career in film and television.

He became friends with Ted Allen, the original Queer Eye food and wine expert, and when Netflix decided to reboot the show in 2017, he took on the same role.