Joe's World on a Plate - First Episode

Everything I do is for our people, I was surprised how many tribes have no clue about the foods that grew in their area; this is my koha to them, to give it back.

– Joe McLeod in The Rotorua Daily Herald, 12 January 2013

After all, if this Māori can, anyone can.

– Presenter Joe McLeod

Not many people could cook three dishes and deliver recipes in both languages during a half-hour show.

– The show's production manager Tanya Morrison describes chef Joe McLeod, in The Dominion Post, 3 May 2013

The ingredients for our dish include a lovely plump juicy salmon, nice crunchy almonds, couscous . . . on our Māori bench, we have pūhā and dried kawakawa leaves. 

– Joe McLeod describes the first meal, early in this episode

Tūhoe are the last tribe to hold together all our traditional Māori food history. I'm ready to go back and help with the revival. It will be my koha to our iwi.

– Joe McLeod in The Dominion Post, 3 May 2013