Vegan Chef Training Program
Australia’s #1 Vegan Culinary School
Gain professional chef skills, get hands on training experience, and work with organic and locally sourced plant-based produce in the biggest growth market in food today: Vegan Cuisine.
“Veet's course has to be the best I've ever done. Veet's kitchen is a great space to learn in, she is truly inspiring and we produced the most amazing cuisine. We made our own signature dish which we got to invent and trial and all of them were restaurant quality! Such an amazing experience!!!”
The Chef Training Program is for people who want to:
- Train to become a vegan chef;
- Learn in a safe environment where there is only plant based ingredients;
- Work in a vegan cafe or restaurant;
- Start your own vegan food related business.
- Nutritional benefits of a vegan diet;
- Food science including knowledge of the protein, minerals, vitamins and nutrients in vegan food;
- The importance of sourcing and producing organic and ethical food;
- Understanding conventional, traditional and modern styles of preparing vegan cuisine;
- Balancing meals using wholefoods;
- Developing your own food presentation style;
- Guidance on creating your own business or applying for vegan chef work;
- Raw Food Cuisine
- Ayurvedic Cuisine
- Macrobiotic and Wholefoods Cuisine
- Fermentation and Sour Dough
- Wedding and Celebration Cake Baking and Decorating
- Easy ways to adapt recipes to cater for individual dietary requirements
- Creating delicious food for specific dietary intolerances or illnesses
- Crafting interesting and complimentary menus and meal plans
What you can expect from the online Vegan Chef Training
Finish this training program with:
Your own portfolio of recipes
A signature dish
Restaurant quality food and your own unique presentation skills
What You Will Learn & When
Module 1 Foundation
Module Length: Module 1 – 3 x 3 hour sessions
Session 1 Simple healthy sweet treats, preservative free cooking, staple vegan meals, health and hygiene in the kitchen, safety in the kitchen, vegan protein part one, knife cutting skills, cooking methods for beans, grains and vegetables
Session 2 Creative vegan breakfasts, vegan complete protein B12 iron and essential nutrients, soups and salads galore, knife cutting skills
Session 3 The science of baking and preserving, knife sharpening skills, timing in the kitchen, creating your own signature dish, sushi and twenty minute meals, ethical cooking and grounding techniques for staying calm in the kitchen
Module 2 Raw Cuisine
Module Length: 2 x 3 hour sessions
Session 1 Dehydration, breakfasts, pizza, flat bread, crackers, lasagne, corn chips, felafels and middle eastern cuisine, knife and mandolin skills, raw cakes
Session 2 Raw cakes, south east asian lunch, pizza toppings, cake decorating, knife skills and mandolin skills
Dates will be arranged with you and Veet for the online training.
Module 3 Ayurveda
Module Length: 2 x 3 hour sessions
Session 1 Theory of Ayurvedic cooking, Cooking traditional Ayurvedic breakfasts, lunch and dinner
Session 2 Cooking for specific doshas, Western Ayurvedic cooking and Ayurvedic sweat treats
Dates will be arranged with you and Veet for the online training.
Module 4 Macrobiotic, Wholefoods & Italian
Module Length: 2 x 3 hour sessions
Dates will be arranged with you and Veet for the online training.
Module 5 Fermentation, Activated Grains, Miso
Module Length: 2 x 3 hour sessions
Dates will be arranged with you and Veet for the online training.
Module 6 Dietary Requirements
Module Length: 2 x 3 hour sessions
Session 1 Specific diets, gluten free and coeliac, making pastry, cakes and other specialty dishes, cooking for people with diabetes, hashimotos and diverticulitis
Session 2 Developing recipes for people with PKU Low FOD map diets, Gaps and Paleo diets following vegan principals, planning to prepare for any dietary requirement
Dates will be arranged with you and Veet for the online training.
Module 7 Menu Planning and Food Photography
Module Length: 2 x 3 hour sessions
Session 1 Food Photography
Dates will be arranged with you and Veet for the online training.
Module 8 Event Cake Baking and Advanced Skills Establishing a Business (EAB)
Module Length: 3 x 3 hour sessions
Dates will be arranged with you and Veet for the online training.
Module 9 Follow Up Business Mentoring
Module Length: 3 x 1 hour sessions
Follow Up Business Mentoring
1:1 group or individual business mentoring online with Veet after you have graduated from the Vegan Chef Training.
Dates will be arranged with you and Veet for the online training.
Your Investment
Time Investment
Vegan Chef Training consists of Modules 1-9
The online program consists of 18 x 3 hour 1:1 sessions with home tasks in between
NB - 1:1 tuition for all modules except module 9 you may be joined by other graduates.
Financial Investment
Vegan Chef Training
*10% discount for NDIS clients.
ALL PRICES ARE $AUD AND INCLUDE 10% GST
Payment plan options available. Contact Veet for information.
Enrol in Veet’s Vegan Chef Training Program
FAQs
Most definitely, this training will set individuals up for a lifetime of healthy, fun and interesting eating as a vegan. The aim of Veet's Vegan Cooking School Training for individuals is for them to spread the enthusiasm for cooking well-balanced vegan food onto their families and friends. Learning ways to involve the whole family and in turn passing on the love of cooking and great nutrition to future generations.
We work out a time that suits us mutually.
1:1
Or
1:3 (starting in 2025)
Yes most definitely. The course is designed so that if you are doing the training for your own health reasons you will be well supported in this and everything you learn will give you a sound understanding of how to stay healthy as a vegan.
If you apply for a job in a vegan or vegetarian café your skills learned and confidence attained during the course will definitely help in a job interview. The Vegan Chef and Lifestyle Training is well known around Australia and in some parts of the world so many vegan café and restaurant owners will know of the training.
If you want to start your own vegan food business you will have the confidence and know how on how to go about doing this.
Yes there is a payment plan – the course paid for in 4 installments over a 12 month period.
The training is not accredited with any other institute. Unless you are prepared to handle meat no accreditation can be found for a purely vegetarian / vegan chef. What you will receive from this training is a comprehensive understanding of vegetarian / vegan cuisine and you will gain the confidence to either start your own business or become an expert in your field amongst the chef world. You will receive a certificate of attainment, a portfolio of recipes that will set you up for a lifetime of preparing vegan cuisine and references written for you by the trainers.
If you are from overseas you will need to apply for a tourist or work visa to attend the training.
In your kitchen to my kitchen over zoom.
You can pay through direct debit. Once your application has been approved you we will send you the details.
The terms and conditions of booking a course are as follows
- To secure your place in an individual module or the full training of the course you will need to pay the amount in full.
- Once you have paid for a module or the entire training no refund will be granted.
- A full credit for a module or the training will be granted if you give more than 30 days notice to each module commencing.
- If you cancel a module within 30 days and before 48 hours to a module starting you will be given a credit minus $250 administration fee. If Veet's Vegan Cooking School or yourself manages to fill your place with another participant then the admin fee will be waived.
- If you cancel within 48 hours prior to any module starting you will receive no credit.
- If you want to change a date of a module you are booked into you need to give 30 days notice and it will be subject to availability.
- Once you have started any module and have to leave for any reason you will not receive a credit. If you want to make up the days you have missed they will be at your own expense.
Yes you can receive individual business mentoring.
Yes the course can be attended in person. Contact Veet for more details. The course cost will increase 30% to attend in person.
How To Apply
Vegan Chef Training Terms & Conditions
