An Aussie food blogger has made a splash in the property market after buying a lavish $7million mansion.
RecipeTin Eats’ founder and best selling author, Nagi Maehashi, purchased the Victorian-era home in Hunters Hill, Sydney’s northwest, in December, Domain reports.
The former Group Deputy Chief Financial Officer for construction firm Multiplex skyrocketed to fame after starting her recipe blog RecipeTin Eats in 2011.
The foodie’s blog was converted into a book, RecipeTin Eats: Dinner, which featured on the New York Times Best Sellers list and won Book of the Year at the n Book Industry Awards for 2022.
The massive price tag dwarfs the renovated four-bedroom home’s prior price of $4.75million in November 2019.
Best-selling author and RiceTin Eats’ founder, Nagi Maehashi (pictured), has made a splash in the property market after purchasing a $7million Sydney mansion
The mansion was sold off market by by BresicWhitney’s Nicholas McEvoy who sold also oversaw the 2019 sale.
Contained by a wrap-around sandstone veranda, the three-bathroom and two-car space home is just a stone’s throw from the Lane Cove River and local schools.
Its listing spruiks the home as having ‘impressive preservation, enjoy original character and modern enhancements for a family lifestyle’.
It also features a mixture of hardwood floors, a vine-covered alfresco entertaining area and approved development applications for a ‘large renovation’.
Records seen by Domain show Ms Maehashi bought the Hunters Hill mansion after selling her Mona Vale home for $6million, having purchased it for $3.5million in 2019.
Despite never having worked in a restaurant or had any training in cooking, Ms Maesashi’s passion for food helped RecipeTins grow to one of the largest recips blogs in the world.
The Victorian-era home in Hunters Hill (pictured) was purchased the year after Ms Maehashi featured on the New York Times Best Sellers List for her debut cookbook
Aussies immediately took a liking to her recipes because they break down difficult classics into home-made meals and has risen to over 1.3million followers on Instagram.
She previously told Daily Mail that she works ‘way harder than I ever did in the corporate world’ to capitalise on her her virality.
‘Most days I’m up to my armpits in food mess… experimenting, shooting or filming, all while batting away a giant dog who thinks he’s allowed to taste test everything,’ she said.
Her popularity led to RecipeTin Eats: Dinner becoming the highest selling book by an debut n author in its first week on shelves.
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