Nagi Maehashi

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Nagi Maehashi
Born
Japan
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Writer, businesswoman

Nagi Maehashi is an 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.

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Biography

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]

Philanthropic work

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]

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”. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Cooking up a storm: How Nagi Maehashi turned RecipeTin Eats into a global hit". Good Food. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  2. 1 2 Barlass, Tim (3 July 2021). "Lockdown cooking take two: this time, it's easier". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  3. ↑ Steger, Jason (11 January 2024). "Appetite for cookbooks remains as book sales dip". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Story, Hannah (25 May 2023). "Give them what they want: RecipeTin Eats' Nagi Maehashi wins book of the year". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  5. ↑ "Set the flavour to max: Three dishes from RecipeTin Eats' new cookbook". Good Food. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  6. ↑ Mem: 7439104. "Maehashi's latest 'RecipeTin Eats' debuts at number one, breaks sales record | Books+Publishing" . Retrieved 25 October 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ "RecipeTin Eats x Good Food". Good Food. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  8. ↑ "Meet Dozer". RecipeTin Eats. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  9. ↑ Bateman, Effie (4 October 2024). "Entire Nation Seemingly Unable to Cook Without Consulting RecipeTin Eats". The Betoota Advocate. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
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