Do cooking recipes belong to someone? – release

Who owns the recipes? To culinary authors or everyone? In Australia, creator of culinary content, Brooke Bellamy, was accused of plagiarism by two people, Nagi Maehashi, the founder of the « Recipetin Eats » culinary website, author of two cooking books, and by Sally McKenney, creator of the « Sally’s Baking Addiction » site. They criticize the woman followed by more than two million faithful on Tiktok for copying « word for word » A recipe for baklava and vanilla cake. “I have the feeling of a blatant exploitation of my work. Seeing these recipes plagiarized and used in a book for lucrative purposes is unfair ”, Has deplored Nagi Maehashi.

Especially since the Brooke Bellamy opus is a success. Since October 2024, Bake with Brooki has been sold at nearly 100,000 copies. To her sisters, the Australian influencer retorted: “I have not planned any recipes in my book which consists of 100 recipes that I have created over the years. The development of recipes in the world today is made of inspiration from other cooks, authors of cooking books, culinary bloggers and content creators. ” Despite its denials, Brooke Bellamy decided to withdraw the recipes that are problematic for future reprints …

Regularly, social networks are the lair of these gourmet controversies. To avoid being accused of plagiarism, some creators