Nagi Maehashi
Nagi Maehashi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1979 (age 46–47) |
| Citizenship | Australian |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupations | Writer, businesswoman |
Nagi Maehashi (born 1979) is a Japanese-Australian author, cook and business owner. She created the website RecipeTin Eats and the not-for-profit organization RecipeTin Meals, and is the author of the bestselling cookbook RecipeTin Eats Dinner.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Maehashi was born in Japan and grew up in Sydney, Australia.[1]
She attended North Sydney Girls High School and completed a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Technology Sydney. She worked in corporate finance, including in roles at PwC and Brookfield Multiplex, before launching her cooking blog in May 2014.[2]
Maehashi's first book, RecipeTin Eats Dinner, was published in 2022 by Pan Macmillan Australia. As of January 2024 it had sold over 250,000 copies in Australia.[3] It was the bestselling book in Australia in 2023 and was the highest-selling title by a debut Australian author in its first week of release. It won the Australian Book Industry’s Book of the Year Award in 2023.[4] As of 2023, the RecipeTin Eats website was receiving over 14 million visitors per week.[4]
Maehashi's second book, Tonight, was published by Pan Macmillan Australia in October 2024.[5] In its first week of release, it broke the Australian record for the highest first-week sales of a nonfiction book since Bookscan Australia records began in 2002.[6]
Maehashi is also a frequent contributor to Good Food, the food blog of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.[7]
Maehashi's Golden Retriever, Dozer, features at the end of each RecipeTin Eats recipe and has built his own online following.[8][4]
In April 2025, Maehashi accused Brooke Bellamy of plagiarising recipes in her book Bake with Brooki.[9]
Maehashi won Illustrated Book of the Year at the 2025 Australian Book Industry Awards, for her book Tonight.[10]
Philanthropic work
[edit | edit source]During Australia’s COVID-19 lockdowns, Maehashi created and contributed to a GoFundMe page to fund meals for healthcare workers.[2] In 2021 she created RecipeTin Meals, providing meals to people in need.[1] As of 2023, RecipeTin Meals was distributing up to 500 meals per day.[4]
In popular culture
[edit | edit source]Reflecting the popularity of RecipeTin Eats, in 2024 the Australian satirical website The Betoota Advocate published a mock news story with the headline “Entire Nation Seemingly Unable to Cook Without Consulting RecipeTin Eats”.[11]
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- Living people
- 1979 births
- 21st-century Australian businesspeople
- 21st-century Australian businesswomen
- 21st-century Australian non-fiction writers
- 21st-century Australian women writers
- Australian cookbook writers
- Australian people of Japanese descent
- Australian women food writers
- People educated at North Sydney Girls High School
- University of Technology Sydney alumni
- Japanese emigrants to Australia