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9 News
08-05-2025
- Politics
- 9 News
Four teens arrested after police chase across Sydney
Greens leader Adam Bandt has officially conceded, making him the second party leader to fall at this election. 34 minutes ago 02:06 Tens of thousands of Catholics and tourists are again waiting as cardinals return for a second day of voting to elect a new pope. 37 minutes ago 02:18 Four children have been arrested after a police chase across Sydney. 39 minutes ago 01:40 Greens leader Adam Bandt has conceded defeat in his seat of Melbourne, after 15 years serving the electorate. an hour ago 02:13 A Queensland man is facing dozens of charges after allegedly Queensland man in their homes without their knowledge. 7 hours ago 00:37 RecipeTin Eats' Nagi Maehashi beats Brooke Bellamy at publishing industry awards 8 hours ago 00:41 There are major traffic delays on the M1, Sydney-bound, after a serious crash. 9 hours ago 01:33 Greens refuse to concede seat of their leader Adam Bandt, with up to 15,000 absentee and declaration votes yet to counted. 11 hours ago 00:17 A father has told of the moment he woke up to find a wanted man fleeing police in his backyard. 21 hours ago 01:25 Western Australia Premier Roger Cook used social media to reveal a deal has been done to give the state its own NRL team, ahead of an official announcement. 21 hours ago 01:40 A teenager, who had gone missing after he was allegedly lured by a man on social media, has been found. 21 hours ago 01:34 After 529 days of survival in the Kangaroo Island wilderness, Valerie the dachshund has been reunited with her owners. a day ago 02:19 A 20-year-old Adelaide woman has been killed in a horror hit-run crash. a day ago 01:37
Perth Now
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
How they stack up: The vanilla cakes at centre of wild plagiarism claims
Plagiarism claims against a popular cooking queen over several sweet treats including a vanilla cake have sparked debate about how much ownership chefs and cooks have over recipes. Two authors — RecipeTin Eats' Nagi Maehashi, from Australia, and American Sally McKenney, author and blogger behind Sally's Baking Addiction — have accused Brooke Bellamy of stealing recipes for her bestseller Bake With Brooki, which was published by Penguin in October. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Bitter battle breaks out between two of Australia's most famous bakers. The allegations relate to Maehashi's caramel slice and baklava, and McKenney's best vanilla cake recipe. Bellamy, who owns the popular Brooki Bakehouse in Brisbane, and Penguin have denied the claims. Maehashi argued McKenney's cake recipe had ingredients such as buttermilk, which made it identifiable as belonging to the American. In her YouTube video, Bellamy refers to her cake as 'the best ever vanilla cake'. The ingredients are minimally different. There is a 3g difference in the amount of flour used and 5g in butter measurements. McKenney's also calls for three large eggs and two extra egg whites, while Bellamy's instead asks for four eggs. McKenney's recipe also calls for 400g of granulated sugar, where as Bellamy's asks for a finer caster sugar, although the sugars can be substituted. The ingredients are listed in a similar order and both recipes contain the same three-word note — 'Yes, a tablespoon!' — next to the measurement for vanilla extract. Sally McKenney's Best Vanilla Cake recipe on the left, compared with Brooke Bellamy's Best Fluffy Vanilla Cake Recipe on the right. Credit: Sally's Baking / Brooki Sally McKenney, the baker behind Sally's Baking Addiction, has joined Nagi Maehashi from RecipeTin Eats in accusing Brooke Bellamy of plagiarising recipes. Credit: Sally's Baking Addiction 'Nagi ... I'm so grateful you let me know months ago that one of my recipes — the best vanilla cake I've ever had, published by me in 2019 — was also plagiarised in this book and also appears on the author's YouTube channel,' McKenney said in an Instagram story. 'Original recipe creators who put in the work to develop and test recipes deserve credit — especially in a best-selling cookbook.' Bellamy has publicly denied the claims she lifted recipes for her book, and shared a 2016 photo of the caramel slice she says predates Maehashi's. 'I have great respect for Nagi and what she has done in recent years for cooks, content creators and cookbooks in Australia — especially as a fellow female entrepreneur,' Bellamy said on social media. 'Recipe development in today's world is enveloped in inspiration from other cooks, cookbook authors, food bloggers and content creators. 'This willingness to share recipes and build on what has come before is what I love so much about baking and sharing recipes — the community that surrounds it.' The Brisbane baker said she has offered to remove both recipes flagged by Maehashi from future reprints to prevent further aggravation. RecipeTin Eats founder Nagi Maehashi and Brooke Bellamy, who founded Brooki Bakehouse. Credit: RecipeTin Eats/Brooki Bakehouse In a second statement on Wednesday, Bellamy said she does 'not copy other's 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,' she said. '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.' Legal experts say recipes are unlikely to be protected by copyright laws. 'There's quite a high hurdle to jump to show that a recipe has enough originality to allege copyright infringement,' Queensland University of Technology intellectual property expert Kylie Pappalardo told 7NEWS. 'Copyright is an area where these things come up all the time. There's always singers or somebody alleging someone has copied something from somebody else. 'There is copyright in creative expression, but not in facts, data, etc.' The situation is complicated because the allegedly stolen recipes — caramel slice, baklava, and vanilla cake — are fairly common baked goods where there is little room for creativity, Pappalardo said. 'At the end of the day, there's probably only so many variations you could have that would still work and taste good,' she said. 'That is why I say that copyright is very thin, if it exists at all in these recipes.' - With AAP
7NEWS
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- 7NEWS
‘Yes, a tablespoon': Brooki Bakehouse owner Brooke Bellamy faces plagiarism claims over vanilla cake and other recipes
Plagiarism claims against a popular cooking queen over several sweet treats including a vanilla cake have sparked debate about how much ownership chefs and cooks have over recipes. Two authors — RecipeTin Eats' Nagi Maehashi, from Australia, and American Sally McKenney, author and blogger behind Sally's Baking Addiction — have accused Brooke Bellamy of stealing recipes for her bestseller Bake With Brooki, which was published by Penguin in October. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today The allegations relate to Maehashi's caramel slice and baklava, and McKenney's best vanilla cake recipe. Bellamy, who owns the popular Brooki Bakehouse in Brisbane, and Penguin have denied the claims. Maehashi argued McKenney's cake recipe had ingredients such as buttermilk, which made it identifiable as belonging to the American. In her YouTube video, Bellamy refers to her cake as 'the best ever vanilla cake'. The ingredients are minimally different. There is a 3g difference in the amount of flour used and 5g in butter measurements. McKenney's also calls for three large eggs and two extra egg whites, while Bellamy's instead asks for four eggs. McKenney's recipe also calls for 400g of granulated sugar, where as Bellamy's asks for a finer caster sugar, although the sugars can be substituted. The ingredients are listed in a similar order and both recipes contain the same three-word note — 'Yes, a tablespoon!' — next to the measurement for vanilla extract. 'Nagi ... I'm so grateful you let me know months ago that one of my recipes — the best vanilla cake I've ever had, published by me in 2019 — was also plagiarised in this book and also appears on the author's YouTube channel,' McKenney said in an Instagram story. 'Original recipe creators who put in the work to develop and test recipes deserve credit — especially in a best-selling cookbook.' Bellamy has publicly denied the claims she lifted recipes for her book, and shared a 2016 photo of the caramel slice she says predates Maehashi's. 'I have great respect for Nagi and what she has done in recent years for cooks, content creators and cookbooks in Australia — especially as a fellow female entrepreneur,' Bellamy said on social media. 'Recipe development in today's world is enveloped in inspiration from other cooks, cookbook authors, food bloggers and content creators. 'This willingness to share recipes and build on what has come before is what I love so much about baking and sharing recipes — the community that surrounds it.' The Brisbane baker said she has offered to remove both recipes flagged by Maehashi from future reprints to prevent further aggravation. In a second statement on Wednesday, Bellamy said she does 'not copy other's 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,' she said. '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.' Legal expert weighs in on baker battle Legal experts say recipes are unlikely to be protected by copyright laws. 'There's quite a high hurdle to jump to show that a recipe has enough originality to allege copyright infringement,' Queensland University of Technology intellectual property expert Kylie Pappalardo told 7NEWS. 'Copyright is an area where these things come up all the time. There's always singers or somebody alleging someone has copied something from somebody else. 'There is copyright in creative expression, but not in facts, data, etc.' The situation is complicated because the allegedly stolen recipes — caramel slice, baklava, and vanilla cake — are fairly common baked goods where there is little room for creativity, Pappalardo said. 'At the end of the day, there's probably only so many variations you could have that would still work and taste good,' she said. 'That is why I say that copyright is very thin, if it exists at all in these recipes.' Stream free on
The Guardian
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Second cookbook author accuses Australian baker Brooke Bellamy of plagiarising recipes
A second author has accused Brooke Bellamy of copying recipes for use in her bestselling cookbook Bake with Brooki. Hours after RecipeTin Eats' Nagi Maehashi raised allegations of copyright infringement on Tuesday night, Sally McKenney, author and blogger behind Sally's Baking Addiction, levelled the claims. Bellamy, who owns the popular Brooki Bakehouse in Brisbane, denied the accusations, saying she had been making and selling her recipes before Maehashi's were published. The allegations relate to Maehashi's caramel slice and baklava recipe, along with McKenney's Best Vanilla Cake recipe. McKenney posted on social media, saying she was first alerted to the similarity months ago. She said her recipe was first published in 2019. 'One of my recipes was also plagiarised in this book and also appears on the author's YouTube channel,' she said. 'Original recipe creators who put in the work to develop and test recipes deserve credit – especially in a best=selling cookbook.' Bake with Brooki is a bestselling cookbook published by Penguin in October last year and retails for $49.99. Bellamy quickly became a global sensation after sharing 'day in the life' videos on TikTok, which receive millions of views each day. She is best known for her cookies and has opened pop-up stores in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Both Penguin and Bellamy deny the allegations. 'I did not plagiarise any recipes in my book which consists of 100 recipes I have created over many years,' she said. 'In 2016, I opened my first bakery. I have been creating my recipes and selling them commercially since October 2016.' Bellamy posted an image showing her caramel slice, which dated back to December 2016. 'On March 2020, RecipeTin Eats published a recipe for caramel slice. It uses the same ingredients as my recipe, which I have been making and selling since four years prior,' she said. The Brisbane baker said she 'immediately offered' to remove both recipes from future reprints to prevent further aggravation'. In Maehashi's Instagram post, she described Bellamy of 'profiting' from the alleged plagiarised recipes. The author claims she first raised concerns with Penguin in December. 'I put a huge amount of effort into my recipes. And I share them on my website for anyone to use for free,' she said. 'To see them plagiarised (in my view) and used in a book for profit, without credit, doesn't just feel unfair. It feels like a blatant exploitation of my work.' Maehashi is the founder of popular website, RecipeTin Eats, which has 1.5 million followers on Instagram. She is also the author of award-winning cookbooks Dinner and Tonight.
1News
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- 1News
Two authors accuse viral Australian baker of plagiarising recipes
Two authors have accused Brooke Bellamy of stealing recipes for use in her bestselling cookbook Bake With Brooki. Hours after RecipeTin Eats' Nagi Maehashi raised allegations of copyright infringement last night, Sally McKenney, author and blogger behind Sally's Baking Addiction, levelled the claims. Bellamy, who owns the popular Brooki Bakehouse in Brisbane, denied the accusations, saying she had been making and selling her recipes before Maehashi's were published. The allegations relate to Maehashi's caramel slice and baklava recipe, along with McKenney's Best Vanilla Cake recipe. McKenney posted on social media, saying she was first alerted to the similarity months ago. She said her recipe was first published in 2019. "One of my recipes was also plagiarised in this book and also appears on the author's YouTube channel," she said. "Original recipe creators who put in the work to develop and test recipes deserve credit-especially in a best selling cookbook." Bake With Brooki is a bestselling cookbook published by Penguin in October last year and retails for AU$49.99 (NZ$53.90). Bellamy quickly became a global sensation after sharing "day in the life" videos on TikTok, which receive millions of views each day. She was best known for her cookies and has opened pop-up stores in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Both Penguin and Bellamy denied the allegations. "I did not plagiarise any recipes in my book which consists of 100 recipes I have created over many years," she said. "In 2016, I opened my first bakery. I have been creating my recipes and selling them commercially since October 2016." Bellamy posted an image showing her caramel slice, which dated back to December 2016. "On March 2020, RecipeTin Eats published a recipe for caramel slice. It uses the same ingredients as my recipe, which I have been making and selling since four years prior," she said. The Brisbane baker said she "immediately offered" to remove both recipes from future reprints to prevent further aggravation". In Maehashi's Instagram post, she accused Bellamy of "profiting" from the alleged plagiarised recipes. The author claimed she first raised concerns with Penguin in December. "I put a huge amount of effort into my recipes. And I share them on my website for anyone to use for free," she said. "To see them plagiarised (in my view) and used in a book for profit, without credit, doesn't just feel unfair. It feels like a blatant exploitation of my work." Maehashi was the founder of popular website, RecipeTin, which had 1.5 million followers on Instagram. She was also the author of award-winning cookbooks Dinner and Tonight.
