Brooke Bellamy dropped as girls' entrepreneur program ambassador after RecipeTin Eats plagiarism allegationsJBy Jessica BlackTopic:Recipes1h ago1 hours agoThu 1 May 2025 at 1:19amBrooke Bellamy has released a statement saying she does not copy other people's recipes. (Supplied: Facebook)abc.net.au/news/brooki-dropped-as-ambassador-for-academy-for-enterprising-girls/105237398Link copiedShareShare articleInfluencer baker Brooke Bellamy has been dropped as an ambassador for a federally funded program to teach girls to "think like an entrepreneur" after cookbook author Nagi Maehashi accused her of plagiarism. Maehashi alleged Bellamy's cookbook plagiarised two of her recipes, which Bellamy has denied.The Bake with Brooki author was lined up as an ambassador for the Academy for Enterprising Girls, which runs design and career workshops and online classes for girls to develop the skills to start their own business. Nagi Maehashi says she didn't know the allegations "would open the floodgates to haters". (Suppllied: Alan Benson)The ABC understands the ambassadorship was a "small value one" that came in at under $10,000. Only half had been paid. In a statement, the academy said Bellamy had been "engaged to conduct a small number of promotional activities" over the coming months. Bake with Brooki is shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Awards alongside Maehashi's book Tonight. (AAP: Jono Searle)The role had not yet begun. "While we make no legal assessment on the allegations aired in the media, we have informed Ms Bellamy that we will not move forward with the engagement at this time," it read. 'I do not copy other people's recipes'Bellamy released a second statement on Wednesday, saying the situation had become "extremely overwhelming", and "I do not copy other people's recipes". "While baking has leeway for creativity, much of it is a precise science and is necessarily formulaic," she wrote."Many recipes are bound to share common steps and measures: if they don't, they simply don't work."Brooke Bellamy boasts a combined 3 million followers on TikTok and Instagram. (AAP: Jono Searle)On Thursday, Maehashi posted she had not made the statement "lightly" and didn't know "it would open the floodgates to haters". "I have nothing to gain out of speaking up except that I believe it's the right thing to do," she said. Bellamy has three bakeries in Brisbane, including one at Brisbane Airport. Nagi Maehashi says the caramel slice recipe in Bake with Brooki (right) is similar to her own (left). (Supplied: RecipeTin Eats)On Tuesday, Maehashi posted that the similarities between her caramel slice and baklava recipes, and the ones published in Bake with Brooki, were a "slap in the face to every author who puts in the hard work to create original content". In an earlier statement, Bellamy said she had been making and selling that caramel slice for four years before Maehashi posted the recipe in 2020. Books by both authors are shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Awards. 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