Joe's World on a Plate - First Episode

In this bilingual cooking series made for Māori Television, chef Joe McLeod calls on a career that has taken him to 36 countries to present international dishes combined with NZ ingredients and elements of traditional Māori cuisine. In this debut episode, he adapts one of his mother’s favourite dishes from his childhood as he substitutes salmon for her Taupō trout, and serves it with pūhā, dried kawakawa leaves and a simple Māori herb sauce. The programme’s main course is liver sautee with a tangy lemon herb sauce, and the dessert is a peach and plum trifle.

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

Key Cast & Crew

Reuben Collier

Producer, Director

Joe McLeod

Presenter

Herewini Waikato

Camera

Norman Mann

Sound

Chris Porthouse

Editor

Jo Santamaria

Executive Producer, Producer