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Vegan & Plant Based Cooking

Learn how to cook vegan and plant-based dishes, including a vegan diner party menu. Taught by chef Kirk Haworth.

Course overview

During this lesson, you’ll be taught how to kit out your pantry with key ingredients to become a plant based chef. You’ll be taught which ingredients you should have to hand to perfect your palette and cooking techniques. These include: Herbaceous oils, sauces, ferments, condiments, seed creams, toasted, seeds & nuts, dried herbs, dried fruits, preserved & pickled vegetables, pulses & grains, confit onions, coconut oil, flours, salts, spices, aromats and others.

Meet Kirk Haworth

Plates is a new high-end plant-based restaurant in east London which focuses on the partnership of food, art and travel, fuelled by the freedom of change. The concept was born following Executive Chef Kirk’s diagnosis with Lyme disease in 2014 which dramatically changed the way he now works, cooks, eats and creates. After working in some of the world’s finest restaurants, including The French Laundry, Restaurant Sat Bains, and The Square and Quay in Sydney, Kirk opened Plates with his sister, Keeley. Kirk’s mission was to create a menu which would appeal to people of all diets, and show how plant-based dining can be equally exciting and fulfilling as any other dining option. Each dish he creates is interesting, flavourful and fulfilling, demonstrating the huge versatility and exciting combinations that can arise when you know what you’re doing with your fruit and veg.

Course description

Vegan chef and plant-based restaurant owner Kirk Haworth teaches you how to cook stunning vegan and plant-based food.

This vegan cooking course will help you to celebrate veganism by using vegetables in innovative ways to maximise their flavour, with new plant based recipes to inspire you. Kirk has mastered the art and techniques of making vegetables the true stars of the show.

You will finish this course inspired by the endless possibilities of plant-based cooking, equipped with the foundational cooking techniques you will need to create delicious vegan dishes at a professional standard.

You will be guided through which ingredients you should be using, and Kirk will help you to create dishes good enough to serve in his own restaurant!

By the end of the course, you will have a full understanding of the environmental, wellbeing and nutritional benefits of a plant based diet.

You'll learn:
  • which ingredients to keep in your kitchen cupboards to enrich your vegan recipes
  • new vegan recipes including risotto, soup and a full plant-based dinner party menu (including dessert)
  • how a plant-based diet can improve your wellbeing
  • how vegan diets can positively affect our environment
The course includes:
  • 4 on-demand video lessons - presented by chef Kirk Haworth
  • lifetime access to the videos, notes and interactive class
  • flexible classes - join and learn when and where you like
  • downloadable lesson notes
  • practical vegan and plant based recipes (with tutor feedback available)
  • access on your mobile, PC, Mac or laptop
  • small interactive online classroom - chat online to students from around the world and share your creative ideas
Time to complete the vegan cookery course:

Every student is different but in general we think the whole course will take around 13 hours to complete including:

  • Video lessons: 2 hours in total
  • Course notes: 15 minutes per lesson
  • Your vegan and plant based cookery assignments: at least 2 hours per lesson
  • Interactive classroom time: 15 minutes per lesson
  • Tutor feedback review (Expert level): 15 minutes per lesson
You'll need:

A full list of ingredients for each recipe and equipment is included in the class notes, but you'll need standard kitchen equipment, and plenty of vegetables!

The course is suitable for cooks at all levels - from vegans looking for new recipes to professional chefs looking for vegan or plant-based inspiration for their menus.

 

Ready to get started?

Just add the course to your basket above - choose the 'Expert' option for personal feedback from Kirk on your vegan dishes.

If you know someone who'd love this course then give it as a gift - just tick "This is a gift" at the checkout.

Any questions? Contact us by clicking on the orange speech symbol - we'd love to hear from you.