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Martha Stewart’s VERY interesting take on the RecipeTin Eats scandal after founder Nagi Maehashi accused baker Brooke Bellamy of plagiarism

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Martha Stewart has expressed her thoughts regarding the allegations of recipe plagiarism against Brooke Bellamy, who stands accused of duplicating the recipes originally created by fellow Australian chef Nagi Maehashi in the RecipeTin Eats scandal.

At a recent live appearance held at Sydney’s International Convention Center on Wednesday evening, the renowned chef, aged 83, expressed difficulty in verifying whether a recipe has been plagiarized.

As someone who’s bursting at the seams with culinary creations, it can be quite a challenge to conjure up a new recipe without drawing from my well of past endeavors, I shared with the gathering.

‘I don’t think too many recipes are owned by anybody, they are handed down, used and changed.’

However, Martha claimed that it can be considered plagiarism if a recipe is ‘copied word for word’.

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She stated, “If you copy someone else’s recipe verbatim into your own cookbook, it could potentially be considered plagiarism. However, it can be challenging to definitively determine who originally created the recipe.

‘So unless they are word for word, you can’t say they’re yours.’

Following another claim by an author that Brooke, the popular social media cooking star, copied recipes for her top-selling cookbook titled “Bake with Brooki,” there’s speculation about the authenticity of her work.

Following RecipeTin Eats’ Nagi’s accusations of copyright violation a month ago, Sally McKenney, an American author and blogger known as Sally’s Baking Addiction, has since made similar allegations as well.

As a devoted admirer, let me share my take on the situation: Bellamy, the esteemed proprietor of the beloved Brooki Bakehouse in Brisbane, firmly refutes the allegations. In fact, she asserts that she has been passionately crafting and sharing her delectable recipes long before Maehashi’s were even published.

The accusations concern the recipes for Maehashi’s caramel slice and baklava, as well as McKenney’s famous 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.

She stated that a recipe I had created was not only duplicated in this particular book, but it can also be found on the author’s YouTube channel.

It’s only fair that the individuals who put in the effort to create, refine, and test recipes should receive recognition, particularly when their creations appear in a top-selling cookbook.

Brooki’s Baking Book, released by Penguin in October of the previous year, currently sells for around $49.99.

In no time, Bellamy gained worldwide fame as his TikTok videos garnered millions of daily views.

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.

As a diligent creator, I can assure you that each delectable recipe found within my comprehensive compilation – amassed over numerous years – is an original work of mine, not borrowed from any other source.

2016 saw the launch of my very first bakery. Ever since October of that year, I’ve been developing my own unique recipes and selling them in a commercial setting.

Bellamy posted an image showing her caramel slice, which dated back to December, 2016.

Back in March of 2020, RecipeTin Eats shared a caramel slice recipe online. Interestingly enough, their recipe shares the same ingredients as one I’ve been creating, selling, and perfecting for four years before that.

Instead of maintaining that she didn’t plagiarize the recipes, she promptly agreed to eliminate them from future editions to avoid any escalating tension.

In her latest Instagram update, I can’t help but feel a pang of indignation as Maehashi accuses Bellamy of benefiting from the controversial claims surrounding the supposedly plagiarized recipes.

Maehashi claims she first raised concerns with Penguin in December.

She shared, “I pour a great deal of hard work into crafting my recipes, and generously make them available on my site for everyone to utilize, free of charge.

“It’s disheartening for me to observe their work being passed off as their own in a published book, earning them a profit, without giving you the credit you deserve. To me, it appears as a clear misuse and exploitation of your intellectual property.

Maehashi established the well-known cooking website, RecipeTin Eats, that boasts a massive following of 1.5 million people on Instagram.

She is also the author of award-winning cookbooks Dinner and Tonight.

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2025-05-29 02:49

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