Nagi Maehashi (the founder of RecipeTin Eats) has slammed social media users for trolling Brooke Bellamy amid their heated legal battle over cookbook recipes.
ICYMI, Brooke Bellamy (the owner of Brooki) has been embroiled in controversy after Maehashi publicly accused the TikTok baker and Penguin Random House of copying recipes in her best-selling cookbook, Bake With Brooki.
Shortly after Maehashi made her post, Bellamy copped a flood of criticisms from foodies across the globe, causing her to disable the comments on her social media pages.
Despite this, it appears that the trolling has continued, and now, Maehashi is urging folks to stop the hate against the Brisbane-based baker.
“Please stop the trolling. Now, I know I’ve made serious allegations, but this does not justify the personal attacks that I’ve seen online against Brooke Bellamy,” Maehashi began.
“I do not support it, and I’m asking you to stop. I know that this is just a very, very small percentage of people online. I know the majority of people are good fun, normal people, you know, share your opinions, have heated debates. Support Brooki, support me. Disagree with both of us. Think we’re pathetic. Whatever you want, but just keep it respectful, no trolling, no hateful comments.”
Towards the end of her statement, Maehashi reminded the public that this is a serious business dispute, not involving the foodie bloggers, but also Penguin Random House.
“Fundamentally, at the end of the day, we’re talking recipes, and this is a business dispute. These are legal allegations that I have made against Penguin, a corporate allegations made by my company,” Maehashi continued.
“We’ve got to be respectful about this. You know, it’s the RecipeTin way.”
Alongside the video, Maehashi admits in the caption that she knew her statement against Bellamy would “come with a barrage of hate” on her RecipeTin Eats page.
“Social media is swift and vicious,” she wrote.
“I made the statement knowing that it would come with a barrage of hate against me and the internet did not let me down.
“But I’m asking you to stop the personal attacks against Brooke. That’s not the way to speak your mind, and that’s not the kind of support I want.”
Earlier this week, in a statement to PEDESTRIAN.TV via her lawyers from Wilkinson Butler, Bellamy denied all allegations of plagiarism and expressed how the accusations have affected her, her family and her business.
“The past 24 hours have been extremely overwhelming. I have had media outside my home and business, and have been attacked online. It has been deeply distressing for my colleagues and my young family,” she said.
“I do not copy other people’s recipes. Like many bakers, I draw inspiration from the classics, but the creations you see at Brooki Bakehouse reflect my own experience, taste, and passion for baking, born of countless hours of my childhood spent in my home kitchen with Mum.
“While baking has leeway for creativity, much of it is a precise science and is necessarily formulaic. Many recipes are bound to share common steps and measures: if they don’t, they simply don’t work.
“My priority right now is to ensure the welfare of the fantastic team at Brooki Bakehouse and that of my family.”
What’s happening between RecipeTin Eats and Brooki?
To give you the quick TL;DR, earlier this week, Maehashi accused Bellamy of stealing recipes from her and other food authors in her best-selling cookbook, Bake With Brooki, in a scathing Instagram carousel.
Hours after Maehashi shared the allegations, Bellamy responded, denying that she copied any recipes and that all the ones listed in her book were inspired by her love for baking.
Bellamy also claimed she contacted Maehashi when the plagiarism allegations were first brought to light, offering to scrap the recipe in future reprints of Bake With Brooki.
Amongst the hullabaloo, fellow food author Sally McKenney also accused Bellamy of copying her vanilla cake recipe in Bake With Brooki.
Since then, Maehashi responded to Bellamy’s statement, revealing that “tried for almost six months, going back and forth with Penguin/Brooki” in regards to the accusations. She also added that she has no personal benefit from bringing the accusations to the public.
“I also did it knowing it would open the floodgates to haters, and no control over what the press will say,” Maehashi wrote.
“I have nothing to gain out of speaking up, except that I believe it’s the right thing to do. I do not want their money. I didn’t even ask for reimbursement of legal fees.”
Further in her recent response, the RecipeTin Eats founder also shared more receipts of the alleged copied recipe. You see, in Bellamy’s statement, she said she opened her first bakery in 2016 and was “creating and selling them commercially since October 2026”.
RecipeTin Eats’ Caramel Slice recipe was published on April 29, 2016 — a date Maehashi highlighted in her recent IG Story.
At the time of writing, Bellamy has not responded to Maehashi and McKenney’s statement on the allegations.
PEDESTRIAN.TV does not suggest the allegations of plagiarism or copyright infringement are true, only that they have been made.
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