Overview

• Nagi Maehashi alleges Brooke Bellamy copied her caramel slice and baklava recipes in the cookbook Bake with Brooki, published by Penguin Random House Australia.
• US baker Sally McKenney has also accused Bellamy of plagiarizing her vanilla cake recipe, originally published in 2019.
• Bellamy denies all plagiarism claims, asserting that her book contains recipes developed over many years, and has offered to remove the disputed recipes from future reprints.
• Penguin Random House Australia, through legal counsel, has rejected the allegations, stating that all recipes in the book were authored by Bellamy.
• Both Bake with Brooki and Maehashi’s RecipeTin Eats: Tonight remain shortlisted for the 2025 Australian Book Industry Awards, with the controversy under ongoing review.