The Wealth Chef: Recipes to Make Your Money Work Hard, So You Don't Have To

by Ann Wilson

International finance coach Ann Wilson is known as the Wealth Chef because of her ability to help people cook up monetary success. In this book, Ann has laid out a step-by-step guide to creating financial freedom. In its pages, readers will find five recipes for wealth that helped Ann go from having nothing to becoming a multimillionaire. These recipes reveal the secrets

. Becoming debt-free while simultaneously generating wealth
. Getting your 'wealth accelerators' working
. Increasing your quality of life while reducing your expenses
. Focusing on personal goals and tracking successes for rapid results
Ann takes what she's learned from her own life and from teaching around the world - from Africa, to Asia, to Australia, to America, to Europe - and gives readers an in-depth yet manageable plan and tested principles to improve their relationship with money.

Simply put, she shows readers how to become financially savvy and build wealth starting immediately. They realize they can create financial freedom and live their dream life now, feeling empowered to throw away the old recipe for mix together one secure job with a lifelong portion of hard work and sacrifice to hopefully live the dream life after retirement. Why wait? With the practices and techniques Ann presents here they don't have to!

Genres: Nonfiction, Finance, Money

344 pages, Paperback

First published January 20, 2015

About the author

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Reviews

[Suzette · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good guide with practical advice that anyone on the journey to financial freedom should probably read. It starts with basic, common sense concepts and expands to touch on the more advanced areas. It does not profess to be the be-all and end-all of your journey, it allows you to work out your goal for yourself and it contains sound advice - based on personal experience. I am mostly skeptical of self-help-style books, especially related to finance, but this was worth the buy, and I will recommend and share this book to and with family and friends. As a self-confessed save-aholic already implementing a lot of these strategies, I still have found valuable insight into my behaviour and ideas on how to maximize the power of every cent.

[Larry Coleman · Rating 2 out of 5]

I consider myself to have approximately average financial knowledge, and I was looking for something to enhance that. In particular, I was looking for "recipes" to combine financial and investing techniques to enhance returns. Despite the title and stated premise of the book, there are none here. Although it's a nice idea if it had been carried out with more effort and thought, the cooking analogy is stretched to the breaking point, and instead ends up being filler/padding rather than a driving force in the book.

As I said, I am no financial wizard, but I do have somewhat of a clue about money and basic money management, and I've been using all of the techniques in this book for years just through common sense. If you're looking for something to expand your financial horizons, this may not be a terrible place to start if you have no knowledge of basic financial matters (it's definitely an easy, non-technical read--possibly too non-technical), but if you do, you can safely skip this one.

[Esther · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it so empowering

[Prince Tsielo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome fantastic!!!!! , financial literacy and financial management guide book. I would call it an every day meal . Its not a book to buy and give away but a book to buy and repeat the fully elaborated daily tasks,habits and consistent financial practices. SIMPLY ITS AN AWESOME BOOK EVERYONE SHOULD GET ONE.

[Brett Cownley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good advice.

[Stefania Delprete · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great overview to take control of your finances and expand them with a clear vision in mind. Ann Wilson guides the reader sharing her own stories and experiences.

[The Book · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really great. Super helpful book for beginners to wealth strategies.

[Leanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was lent to me by a friend and I really enjoyed it. I thought that it might be a bit cheesy at first with the idea of comparing financial elements to recipes, however, I think that it will be a book that I’ll dip into from time to time.

It has crossed my mind before that keeping a budget financially can be compared to keeping within our calorie control, especially as I tend to go over on both! There are tips in this book about insurance, keeping a will, checking out investments and a range of other useful information.
Being a fan of self - development books I do find that there are common threads running through all of these books including visualization, meditation and keeping things as positive as possible though that said if this can help me keep some more money in the book and out of the shops that sounds good to me.

[Helen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Whilst Ann Wilson has clearly financially benefited from not only her book but online Financial Freedom University courses - and has an engaging interview technique - it has certainly led onto financial problems for many people.
My husband (62) who followed her book and online course religiously for a year - has now borrowed far to much money in properties that he is unable to pay back and has now had to borrow further money from our business- until one house can be sold and the bond/loans paid off! There a few online scams that he invested in also after reading this book.
So I am afraid - I have to give it a bad review.

[Ntombezinhle Nzama · Rating 5 out of 5]

So i bought "The Wealth Chef" by Ann Wilson back in 2014 when my aunt called me, super excited, and said I just have to read this book! I started it, realised it actually required so much work, then abandoned it for about 4 years🙈 This book has helped me confront my money. Like really confront my money habits. I am so glad I am doing this now. I actually read through the book but I am still in the beginning stages of creating my wealth feast and following the guidelines in the book. This book has truly been an eye opener for me.

[Susan C Tyler · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is filled with insights into what and how we tend to work for our money instead of learning how to make money work for us. Just a few tweaks in how we manage money can make you much richer. I especially like how Ann teaches you how to develop good money habits even if you have more month at the end of your paycheck.

[Wulan Suci Maria · Rating 4 out of 5]

If there is one thing I can improve from my 20years self skill, it is to learn investing skill. If only by that time, I started already I might be on the Forbes cover magazine by now (lol exaggeration). However, learning knows no time/age limit. It is never been too late, just how it mentioned in this book. This is a great book to read and practice, if you really want money to work for you (not the other way around). The key isn’t to focus on increasing your earning, but to increase your investments. I am more convinced to do it after reading this book and very looking forward to see the results in the next 5 years. In another side note, I am so glad that I finished this book before my Paris trip, else I might have brought those beautiful designer bags back.

[Jo · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the most comprehensive book about dealing with money, understanding what is good and bad debt, and includes practical ways to create wealth and maintain it.

Recommend to anyone who is trying to get out of a financial funk or trying to expand their assets

[MADHUKAR DAYAL · Rating 2 out of 5]

A very basic book to point out the importance of managing your money, spending only on necessities, saving for future, curbing your desires and over spending, and after insuring yourself and your future, finding ways to make your money grow.

[Joyce · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy to read, simple concepts, a great starting point for those with no prior experience managing personal finances. However, the book was full of typos (even in diagrams/flowcharts).

[Dionne]

Couldn't get into it and given what I now know about
my mentor who sent this to me I'm not sure if I'll ever
pick this one back up