Nagi Maehashi
Nagi Maehashi is the Sydney-based cook, photographer and writer behind RecipeTin Eats, the author of Dinner and Tonight, and founder of the food charity RecipeTin Meals.
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RecipeTin EatsOverview
- Based in
- Sydney, Australia
- Background
- Born in Japan and raised in Sydney
- Creates
- Recipes, cooking videos, food photography and cookbooks
- Started
- RecipeTin Eats, 2014
- Breakout
- Dinner, her 2022 debut cookbook, won ABIA Book of the Year in 2023
- Gives back
- Founded RecipeTin Meals in 2021
Mini bio
How it started.
Born in Japan and raised in Sydney, Nagi worked in corporate finance before turning to food. She started RecipeTin Eats in 2014. Her approach grew from watching her mother cook creatively on a tight budget while working full time.
Cooking that fits real life.
She builds recipes around everyday ingredients, clear instructions and practical substitutions. Dinner arrived in October 2022 and brought her recipes into print. It won both Book of the Year and Illustrated Book of the Year at the 2023 Australian Book Industry Awards, the first Australian cookbook to take the overall prize. Tonight followed in 2024.
A kitchen that gives back.
Nagi founded RecipeTin Meals during the pandemic in 2021. Its chefs cook meals from scratch for people in need around Sydney, with distribution handled by One Meal. Her own kitchen stories have also included her golden retriever Dozer, who died in February 2026, and Jaffle, whom she introduced that June.
Creditschronological, newest first
Cookbooks
- 2024RecipeTin Eats: TonightAuthor
- 2022RecipeTin Eats: DinnerAuthor
Food and community
- 2021RecipeTin MealsFounder
- 2014RecipeTin EatsFounder, recipe creator, photographer and writer
Awards
Quotes
I just couldn’t sit back and do nothing, because I believe nobody should go hungry in this day and age.Nagi Maehashi, RecipeTin Meals: About Us
On establishing RecipeTin Meals in 2021. https://recipetinmeals.org.au/about-us/
Trivia
- Shakshuka was among the first recipes she shared, originally published in May 2014.
- She tests baking recipes with differences in international cup and spoon measures in mind.
- She tested the Beef Wellington in Dinner more than 35 times.
- Jaffle is the son of Clem, one of Dozer’s old dog-beach friends.
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