TV weatherman Tomasz Schafernaker on spectacular storms and swimming with sharks - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity TV weatherman Tomasz Schafernaker on spectacular storms and swimming with sharks By You Magazine - August 23, 2017 By John Koski Guilty pleasure? Watching Netflix, from House of Cards at one end of the spectrum to RuPaul’s Drag Race at the other. Where is home? I’ve lived most of my life in London and have a house in Ealing, although I was born in Gdansk, Poland. Career plan B? I’m a keen artist, which is something I’m trying to develop. I am currently writing and illustrating a children’s book. Who would play you in a movie of your life? Dermot O’Leary, because people always think I look like him. Biggest bugbear? Littering. As a child you wanted to be… A shark scientist – I’m absolutely obsessed with sharks. Earliest memory? My first day at school in Fulham when I was four. Secret to a happy relationship? I’ve absolutely no idea because I’m not in one. Your best quality? Creativity. I can conjure up things from almost nothing. And your worst? Impatience. Everything’s got to be ‘right now’ and sometimes that can be annoying. Last meal on earth? Something involving chips and avocado, my two favourite things, plus champagne. Dream dinner-party guests? C-3PO, Mrs Doubtfire, Barack Obama and Albert Einstein. Advice to teenage self? You know best. People used to tell me not to study meteorology as I’d never get a job, but I knew at 15 it was what I wanted to do. Cat or dog? I would like a dog, but working shifts makes it impossible. When I lived in Poland I had a basset hound who was very stubborn but good fun. What do you see when you look in the mirror? As I have to get up at 3.30am, I’m too sleepy to see anything. On a day off we’d find you… In the gym and the park. Starstruck moment? I don’t think I’ve ever been starstruck or had a celebrity crush. Career highlight? Being the youngest-ever male BBC weather presenter in 2001 when I was 22. Favourite weather? Apart from sunshine, I like spectacular storms that make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Favourite tipple? Vodka, soda and fresh lime. Hangover cure? Prevention is better than a cure, which in my case means sticking to vodka and avoiding wine. Top of your bucket list? I’m hoping to go diving with great white sharks this autumn off the coast of South Africa. One thing that would make your life better? A more regular sleep pattern. Doing different shifts is like being jet-lagged all the time. Philosophy? Follow your dreams and your gut feeling. Last film that made you cry? I cried with laughter at Sausage Party. Where would you time travel to? The future, to see if we have overcome our differences and are living in some fantastic, high-tech utopia. First record you bought? The theme song to Fraggle Rock. Most extravagant purchase? A gold leather pouffe from Harrods. It didn’t go with anything when I got it and still doesn’t – I have no idea why I bought it. Biggest fear? I hate spiders. Happiness is… For me it’s about being at peace with yourself. Tomasz was recently voted the UK’s favourite forecaster in a Radio Times poll RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved