The Latest Breaking News from Nagi Maehashi

A cookbook author who claims her recipes were copied by a cupcake aficionado has won a prestigious publishing industry award for a second time.

Bestselling Australian cookbook author Brooke Bellamy is under fire from Nagi Maehashi and Sally McKenney for copying recipes, allegations she denies. In a precise art like baking, how close is too close?

“It is so blatant to me that the wording in the method part of the recipe is copied almost exactly.”

"I know I've made serious allegations, but this does not justify the personal attacks that I've seen online against Brooke Bellamy."

Plagiarism accusations against Brooke Bellamy, first brought to light by Nagi Maehashi on her website RecipeTin Eats, continue to emerge. Today, the Daily Telegraph reported Bellamy has been dropped as an ambassador for the Academy for Enterprising Girls’ program for young girls in business. And a second cookbook author has…

Brooke Bellamy has been dropped from an ambassador role amid allegations of plagiarism from cookbook author Nagi Maehashi, aka RecipeTin Eats.

“I do not want their money. I didn’t even ask for reimbursement of legal fees.”

“The Past 24 hours have been extremely overwhelming.”

“Original recipe creators who put in the work to develop and test recipes deserve credit — especially in a best-selling cookbook.”

Bestselling cookbook author Nagi Maehashi, founder of food blog RecipeTin Eats, has accused Brooke Bellamy, bakery owner and author of Bake With Brooki, of plagiarising two of her recipes, for caramel slice and baklava. She also claims Bellamy has used uncredited recipes from other, unnamed cookbook authors.

An Australian baker and social media influencer says she has received online attacks after being accused of plagiarising recipes from other authors.