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Season 1

  • S01E01 Cook Islands (Pacific Resort, Rarotonga)

    • January 1, 2013
    • TVNZ 1

    Robert and the team of local chefs are going on to an ancient marae to taste the foods eaten there for thousands of years. They hunt for coral worms and spear fish in Aitutaki lagoon.

  • S01E02 Samoa (Aggie Grey's Resort, Upolu)

    • January 1, 2013
    • TVNZ 1

    Well on the way to becoming the world's first organic nation, Robert and the local chefs are meeting the movers and shakers in cuisine, agriculture and traditional healing.

  • S01E03 Vanuatu (Iririki Resort, Port Vila)

    • January 1, 2013
    • TVNZ 1

    Robert and the local chefs dive into the heart of ancient Melanesia, where cooking techniques date back 4000 years.

  • S01E04 Fiji (The Pearl, Pacific Harbour)

    • January 1, 2013
    • TVNZ 1

    Robert is back at his childhood home and diving back into its rich, multicultural cuisine with local chefs. They taste aerial yams grown at an indigenous bush farm, and are shown the secrets to unbelievable Kailoma (Fiji/European) desserts.

  • S01E05 Aotearoa (Sofitel, Auckland)

    • January 1, 2013
    • TVNZ 1

    Based in the largest Polynesian city in the world - Auckland - Robert and his team of chefs go out to meet Māori and Pasifika cuisine leaders.

  • S01E06 Tonga (Scenic Hotel, Tongatapu)

    • January 1, 2013
    • TVNZ 1

    It's the King of Tonga's birthday, so Robert and the young chefs are going to prepare royal food with an expert. They harvest the reefs in exquisite Vava'u and learn about health in Nuku'alofa's backyard gardens.

  • S01E07 Pasifik on a Plate

    • January 1, 2013
    • TVNZ 1

    We travel back to some of the exquisite locations and people we visited across the series. Robert delves deeper into recipes and techniques with food heroes, and the local chefs, inspired by their own cultures, are getting really creative.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Fiji (Volivoli Resort, Rakiraki)

    • January 1, 2014
    • TVNZ 1

    Robert scales mountains, goes bush shopping, hunts reef octopus and gnaws on seaweed in a quest for Ra Province's purest ingredients.

  • S02E02 Vanuatu (Le Lagon Resort, Port Vila)

    • January 1, 2014
    • TVNZ 1

    Robert braves active volcanoes, bow and arrow hunting and the sharp tongue of a bossy village cook to uncover Vanuatu's finest regional dishes.

  • S02E03 Samoa (Litia Sini Beach Fales, Upolu)

    • January 1, 2014
    • TVNZ 1

    Devastated by the 2009 tsunami, the Litia Sini Beach resort has been rebuilt by resilient manager Lydia To'omolotai, and now it's time to update the menu.

  • S02E04 Niue (Matavai Resort)

    • January 1, 2014
    • TVNZ 1

    Robert encounters the 'Rock of Polynesia'. Niue's harsh coral surface severely restricts what grows there.

  • S02E05 Fiji (Holiday Inn, Suva)

    • January 1, 2014
    • TVNZ 1

    Robert is on a mission to get taro leaf and cassava dishes alongside bacon, eggs and hash browns on the breakfast buffet at Suva's Holiday Inn.

  • S02E06 French Polynesia (Le Meridien Resort, Tahiti)

    • January 1, 2014
    • TVNZ 1

    The romantic island of Tahiti presents Robert with his biggest culinary challenge yet.

  • S02E07 Aotearoa (Pasifika Festival, Auckland)

    • January 1, 2014
    • TVNZ 1

    Robert helps cater for a Samoan wedding feeding 300 hungry guests, and discovers the wonders of greenhouse-grown palusami pies, all in a bid to research the viability of opening Auckland's first ever Pasifika-themed fine dining restaurant.