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Canberra Times
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Canberra Times
Knives out over cookbook scandal, the latest in a string of juicy controversies
High-profile US baker, food blogger and cookbook author Sally McKenney, of Sally's Baking Addiction, prides herself on her well-tested recipes (like Maehashi). She claims Bellamy reproduced her recipe for "Best Vanilla Cake" (first published in 2019), both in her cookbook, Bake with Brooki, and on her YouTube channel. Bellamy has denied all allegations, including these latest ones. I'm not suggesting plagiarism has occurred, only that allegations have been made.
Daily Mail
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Bake with Brooki founder accused of ripping off recipes issues an emotional message after her week from hell
A social media sensation bakery has issued a grateful message to customers and supporters for standing by it after its influencer owner was accused of plagiarising recipes. Two high-profile pastry chefs alleged Brisbane baker Brooke Bellamy had copied their recipes for her cookbook, Bake With Brooki, over the past week. Brooki Bakehouse, thanked customers for their support during the 'difficult week' following the allegations. Ms Bellamy and her staff posted the message on Saturday with a picture of her crew serving customers out of her flagship, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane bakehouse. 'We're very grateful for our local community showing up for us this week,' it read. 'Brisbane, you've been incredible since day one. 'From all of us here, Brooki.' The allegations Ms Bellamy stole cookbook recipes first arose on Tuesday. Australian food blogger and RecipeTin Eats founder Nagi Maehashi levelled the first accusation on Tuesday. She alleged Ms Bellamy had stolen her caramel slice and baklava recipes in the Bake With Brooki cookbook. Sally McKenney, of Sally's Baking Addiction in the United States, then made her own accusation regarding Ms Bellamy's book. Ms McKenney contended Ms Bellamy had copied her vanilla cake recipe, after Ms Maehashi tipped her off. Ms Bellamy has strenuously denied both baker's claims. She instead argued many baking classics share similar foundational recipes. However, she has offered to remove the contentious recipes from future editions of the book. Many upset baking enthusiasts have taken to social media to weigh in on the controversy. Ms Bellamy has used her bakehouses to evidence her own claims she has been making her allegedly plagiarised recipes for years Ms Bellamy locked down her own social media accounts on Thursday. Bakers with similar but unrelated social media accounts were also swept up in the furore. One Instagram user using the handle @brookies_cookies_au publicly clarified she was not at all affiliated with Ms Bellamy or her businesses. She received a torrent of misdirected abuse, including one direct message telling her to: 'f*** off, you thieving b***h'. 'I'm just a small home baker and this has been overwhelming,' she wrote in a statement. 'Please check before you send hate.' The business, Brooki Bakehouse, is yet to directly address the claims made against Ms Bellamy. However, Ms Bellamy has used her bakehouses to evidence her own claims she has been making her allegedly plagiarised recipes for years. 'Please check before you send hate,' a home baker wrote after receiving misdirected abuse A law expert said Ms Maehashi would have a tough case to prove if she and rival Brooke Bellamy ended up in court. Isabella Alexander, a law professor at University of Technology Sydney, told Daily Mail Australia that it was indeed possible to copyright recipes. 'I guess the answer is yes, a recipe can potentially be protected by copyright law, but it might not give you much protection,' Ms Alexander said. 'It would be easier to claim protection for a recipe that was very unusual, unique, or expressed in a very individual way.
West Australian
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- West Australian
Brooki Bakehouse's Brooke Bellamy returns to Instagram after Nagi Maehashi accuses her of plagiarising recipes
Cookie queen Brooke Bellamy has returned to Instagram days after fellow internet cooking sensation Nagi Maehashi accused her of copying her recipes. The under pressure founder of the viral dessert business, Brooki Bakehouse, thanked customers on her company account for their support amid the plagiarism claims. 'We're very grateful for our local community showing up for us this week, Brisbane you've been incredible since day one. from all of us here at Brooki.' The statement comes after Bellamy was forced to deny claims she infringed RecipeTin Eats founder Maehashi's copyright by 'word-for-word' taking two of her recipes, including caramel slice, and using them in her latest best-selling book, Bake with Brooki. Maehashi also alleged that Bellamy had taken recipes from other authors: 'including (from) a very well known, beloved cookbook author where the similarities are so extensive, dismissing it as a coincidence would be absurd.' Maehashi doubled down on her claims in another Instagram post on Thursday that showed a side-by-side comparison of her caramel slice and Bellamy's. Another food blogger also went public to allege Bellamy had stolen one of her recipes, too. US food blogger Sally McKenney, who founded Sally's Baking Addiction, claimed Bellamy had taken her best vanilla cake recipe. Bellamy, who has more than a million followers online, has denied plagiarising any recipes. She said she had been making the recipes at the centre of Maehashi's allegations — for caramel slice and baklava — for years before Maehashi published her takes on the favourites. 'I did not plagiarise any recipes in my book which consists of 100 recipes I have created over many years, since falling in love with baking as a child and growing up baking with my mum in our home kitchen. She said she had offered to remove both of Maehashi's recipes from future reprints to prevent 'further aggravation'.
Perth Now
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Cookie queen breaks silence amid recipe plagiarism claims
Cookie queen Brooke Bellamy has returned to Instagram days after fellow internet cooking sensation Nagi Maehashi accused her of copying her recipes. The under pressure founder of the viral dessert business, Brooki Bakehouse, thanked customers on her company account for their support amid the plagiarism claims. 'We're very grateful for our local community showing up for us this week, Brisbane you've been incredible since day one. from all of us here at Brooki.' The statement comes after Bellamy was forced to deny claims she infringed RecipeTin Eats founder Maehashi's copyright by 'word-for-word' taking two of her recipes, including caramel slice, and using them in her latest best-selling book, Bake with Brooki. Maehashi also alleged that Bellamy had taken recipes from other authors: 'including (from) a very well known, beloved cookbook author where the similarities are so extensive, dismissing it as a coincidence would be absurd.' Maehashi doubled down on her claims in another Instagram post on Thursday that showed a side-by-side comparison of her caramel slice and Bellamy's. The carmel slice recipe comparison Credit: Instagram Another food blogger also went public to allege Bellamy had stolen one of her recipes, too. US food blogger Sally McKenney, who founded Sally's Baking Addiction, claimed Bellamy had taken her best vanilla cake recipe. Bellamy, who has more than a million followers online, has denied plagiarising any recipes. Brooke Bellamy says she has been attacked online amid claims of stolen recipes. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS) Credit: AAP She said she had been making the recipes at the centre of Maehashi's allegations — for caramel slice and baklava — for years before Maehashi published her takes on the favourites. 'I did not plagiarise any recipes in my book which consists of 100 recipes I have created over many years, since falling in love with baking as a child and growing up baking with my mum in our home kitchen. She said she had offered to remove both of Maehashi's recipes from future reprints to prevent 'further aggravation'.
ABC News
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
RecipeTin Eats founder says 'personal attacks' of Brooke Bellamy must stop
RecipeTin Eats founder Nagi Maehashi has called for "personal attacks" online against baking sensation Brooke Bellamy to end, after accusing her of plagiarism. On Tuesday, Maehashi claimed Bellamy — founder of Brooki Bakehouse — had copied her recipes for caramel slice and baklava in bestselling cookbook Bake with Brooki. Nagi Maehashi says the caramel slice recipe in Bake with Brooki (right) is similar to her own (left). ( Supplied: RecipeTin Eats ) She posted side-by-side screenshots of the ingredients, quantities and instructions from the two books, claiming the similarities amounted to plagiarism. American baker Sally McKenny, also known as Sally's Baking Addiction, subsequently claimed one of her recipes had been plagiarised in Bellamy's book. Bellamy has refuted these claims, maintaining she does "not copy other people's recipes", adding that the situation had become "extremely overwhelming". Loading Instagram content In a video posted to Instagram Thursday evening, Maehashi pleaded with people to "please stop the trolling" of Bellamy. "I know I've made serious allegations," she said. "But this does not justify the personal attacks that I've seen online against Brooke Bellamy. "I do not support it and I'm asking you to stop." Nagi Maehashi claims two of her recipes have been plagiarised in the Bake with Brooki cookbook. ( AAP: Jono Searle ) 'Keep it respectful' Maehashi acknowledged it was a "very small percentage" of people who were attacking Bellamy online. "Share your opinions, have heated debates, support Brooki, support me, disagree with both of us, think we're pathetic," she said. "But just keep it respectful. " No trolling, no hateful comments. " Nagi Maehashi has called for an end to 'personal attacks' of Bellamy. ( Photo: Alan Benson ) Maehashi emphasised this was a "business dispute", and her legal allegations were against Penguin Random House Australia, which published Bellamy's book. "We've got to be respectful about this," she said. The ABC reported on Thursday that Bellamy had been In response to the allegations, Bellamy has said her recipes were "created over many years". Photo shows Two copies of the Bake with Brooki cookbook. Can you own a recipe? And what are the protocols if you take inspiration from another cookbook author's work? She added she had been making and selling her caramel slice for four years before Maehashi posted the recipe in 2020. "While baking has leeway for creativity, much of it is a precise science and is necessarily formulaic," she said in a statement. " Many recipes are bound to share common steps and measures: if they don't, they simply don't work. "
