The Latest Breaking News from Nagi Maehashi

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.

Brooke Bellamy denies taking recipes from fellow cookbook author Nagi Maehashi, who said it felt like ‘blatant exploitation’

"I stand by my love for baking, my recipes, and the joy this book has brought so many home bakers around the world to try recreating my recipes from inside their homes."

Nagi Maehashi (RecipeTin Eats) publicly accused Brooke Bellamy (aka owner of Brooki) and Penguin Random House of copying her recipes.

Released in mid-October the cookbook sold more than 77,000 copies in its first week