‘It’s upsetting’: RecipeTin Eats beef wellington author Nagi Maehashi pleads for peace after Erin verdict

The author of the cookbook from which triple murderer Erin Patterson drew inspiration for her deadly beef wellingtons has pleaded for people to stop contacting her, saying something she created to bring joy had been “entangled” in tragedy.

Leftovers from Erin Patterson’s deadly beef wellington lunch. Picture: Supplied

The best-selling author of the cookbook from which triple murderer Erin Patterson drew inspiration for her deadly beef wellingtons has pleaded for people to stop contacting her in the wake of the guilty verdict.

Beloved home cook and founder of food blog RecipeTin Eats, Nagi Maehashi, took to social media on Tuesday to plead with the media to “please stop calling and emailing and texting and DMing me” about the Erin Patterson case.

“It is of course upsetting to learn that one of my recipes — possibly the one I’ve spent more hours perfecting than any other — something I created to bring joy and happiness, is entangled in a tragic situation,” Maehashi wrote.

“Other than that I have nothing to say and I won’t be talking to anyone. Thank you for respecting my privacy – Nagi.”

Nagi Maehashi has pleaded for people to stop contacting her. Picture: Supplied

The best-selling RecipeTin Eats cookbook was drawn into the mushroom murder trial.

Patterson, who was on Monday found guilty of deliberately murdering her lunch guests by feeding them beef wellingtons laced with lethal death cap mushrooms, had a copy of the RecipeTin Eats cookbook in her home.

Patterson, 50, has been convicted of the murders of her estranged husband, Simon’s, parents Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson, 66, and the attempted murder of Heather’s husband, pastor Ian Wilkinson, 71.

Triple murderer Erin Patterson. Picture: AFP

The beef wellington recipe in RecipeTin Eats. Picture: Supplied

During her marathon trial Patterson told the jury she made beef wellingtons because she found the recipe in a RecipeTin Eats cookbook and wanted “to do something new and special”.

She served her lunch guests individual beef wellingtons laced with lethal death cap mushrooms at her Leongatha home on July 29, 2023.

Maehashi hit the headlines earlier this year also when she accused high-profile baker Brooke Bellamy of plagiarising two of her recipes for her best-selling book, Bake with Brooki — something which Bellamy has strenuously denied.