EXCLUSIVE: Salmon and cauliflower sushi, kanga rolls and chicken quiche - the nutritious recipes Instagram fitness star allegedly stole off rival trainer... and sold in her $100 e-Book

  • Outraged food blogger Allie Dodds alleges fitness blogger and entrepreneur Ashy Bines used her recipes in her Clean Eating Guide
  • Ms Dodds said Ms Bines had contacted her about using her recipes on her Facebook page in early 2012
  • But she was not credited in the book 
  • She said Ms Bines had not specifically asked her whether the recipes could be used there
  • Ms Bines, from the Gold Coast, recently admitted that several recipes had been plagiarised 
  • She blamed an unnamed 'nutritionist' who had been working for her at the time, adding: 'It really sucks that this can happen' 
  • Ms Bines received several vile message following her plagiarism statement
  • One person wished her forthcoming baby would be 'born with Down syndrome'

An outraged food blogger who alleges Instagram fitness star Ashy Bines used her recipes in an e-book without crediting her or asking if she could publish them in a book said she was 'devastated' to find her work had been taken.

Sydney personal trainer Allie Dodds, 24, regularly published recipes for her friends and family on her Mealspiration blog before she started her business, Sweets and Sweat, in September 2013. 

Her gourmet recipes caught the eye of Ms Bines, a Gold Coast businesswoman and successful personal trainer, in 2012. Ms Dodds said Ms Bines contacted her asking if she could share her recipes online with her Facebook fan base and she agreed.

'I thought, that was OK she's going to share a couple of my recipes, give me some credit and that was it,' she told Daily Mail Australia. 

But she said she was stunned when a colleague noticed her Salmon and Cauliflower Sushi recipe in a 2012 edition of Ms Bines' Clean Eating Recipe Book.  

Ashy Bines (pictured with a green smoothie) was the subject of appalling abuse after posting a video admitting recipes in her clean eating e-package had been plagiarised. She did not respond to Daily Mail Australia's questions after a blogger came forward suggesting she had also been plagiarised from on Tuesday

Ashy Bines (pictured with a green smoothie) was the subject of appalling abuse after posting a video admitting recipes in her clean eating e-package had been plagiarised. She did not respond to Daily Mail Australia's questions after a blogger came forward suggesting she had also been plagiarised from on Tuesday

Ms Bines is a successful health coach and entrepreneur is best known for her 12 week Ashy Bines Bikini Body Challenge. Programs such as hers and Bikini Body Guide author Kayla Itsines have become increasingly popular

Personal trainer Allie Dodds (pictured) alleges her sushi and cauliflower recipe and others were placed in Ms Bines' book without permission. She runs the Instagram account The.Sweet.Sweat

Personal trainer Allie Dodds (pictured) alleges her sushi and cauliflower recipe and others were placed in Ms Bines' book without permission. She runs the Instagram account The.Sweet.Sweat

'I said "can you show me?" and it was my pictures and my recipe.

'I just couldn't believe it... That's really nasty.

'It was just Ashy's Guidelines and zero mention of my name or my blog and I was just like "you're kidding me".

'At first I was a little bit excited and then I was pretty devastated (not to be credited).' 

Ms Dodds said recipes inside the guide included her Kanga Rolls, Chicken Mince Quiche and others. She contacted Ms Bines in July 2013 to question her use of recipes and photos but never heard back.

Ms Bines admitted in a video statement reported overnight that 10 recipes contained within her Clean Eating Diet Plan had been stolen. She said it happened because she 'outsourced' the recipe component to an unnamed nutritionist.' 

Ms Bines did not respond to Daily Mail Australia's questions over whether she was referring to Ms Dodd's recipes. A spokeswoman said she was 'in meetings all day'.

In her video message earlier this week, Ms Bines said: 'By outsourcing this to a nutritionist I was trying to give you all something of value and to come up with delicious recipes from the food I suggested.

'Unfortunately I may have been too naïve to think that I wouldn't have check the origins of each recipe instead trusting that the work would be completed in an honest and professional manner. 

The 26-year-old (left) has earned an enormous social media, with almost one million followers on social media

The 26-year-old (left) has earned an enormous social media, with almost one million followers on social media

Allie's blog: This recipe appeared on Ms Dodds' blog, Mealspiration, in 2012

Allie's blog: This recipe appeared on Ms Dodds' blog, Mealspiration, in 2012

Ashy's book: This recipe appeared in an edition of Ashy Bines' Clean Eating Recipe Book

Ashy's book: This recipe appeared in an edition of Ashy Bines' Clean Eating Recipe Book

Access to the latest edition of Ms Bines' Clean Eating Diet Plan currently costs $USD75.90 (or around $100AUD)

Access to the latest edition of Ms Bines' Clean Eating Diet Plan currently costs $USD75.90 (or around $100AUD)

'It's recently come to my attention that some of these recipes were not originals at all and have been copied from other sources. 

'This was never my intention and it really sucks that these things can happen.'

Ms Dodds said: 'Ashy's business is meant to be built around encouraging and empowering women however I am disappointed that I never received recognition from her. 

In text messages to the Gold Coast Bulletin on Monday, Ms Bines - who is pregnant - said she had received sickening online abuse producing the plagiarism video.

Examples of the comments included 'I hope (your baby) gets down syndrome, you dirty liar' and 'you are a bitch, I pray a truck runs you over'. Ms Bines expressed disbelief at the comment involving her unborn child.

'To wish a baby gets Down syndrome gosh I actually didn't think you could sink any lower [sic],' she wrote on her social media account in response to the woman's comment.

A supporter jumped in to also defend Ms Bines. 'Hate someone so much that you go out of your way to stalk them and wish an intentional disability on someone's baby?' the supporter said.

'When you grow up and mature and someone wishes that your baby is still born because they would hate to see such a tragic soul bring a poor bub into your world, let us know how it feels.

'Given that you think downs [sic] is so bad, it is people like you that the world does not need.' 

'This was never my intention and it really sucks that these things can happen' Ms Bines said in a video message about plagiarism in her book

'This was never my intention and it really sucks that these things can happen' Ms Bines said in a video message about plagiarism in her book. Pictured right is an image of Ms Dodds' 'Kanga Rolls' in Ms Bines's book

The ingredients of Kanga Rolls published on Ms Dodds' website

The ingredients of Kanga Rolls published on Ms Dodds' website

The Kanga rolls method published on Ms Dodds' website

The Kanga rolls method published on Ms Dodds' website

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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