The Vegan Chef Training
You’re ready to take your cooking to the next level to show the world how incredible vegan food really can be.
You’ve dabbled in cooking vegan food and you really want to show others how
incredible vegan food is.
You know vegan food:
Can taste sensational
Can be healing
Is healthier than anything else you have ever eaten
Helps save animals from suffering and lowers your environmental footprint.
You feel passionate about the positive health and environmental benefits of eating vegan food and you really want to be able to show people how incredibly delicious vegan food is.
Which is why you know you want to become a plant-based chef!
If you were a vegan chef, you can share your food, recipes and guidance with clients, loved ones, customers and friends.
Or even just cook really awesome food for yourself
but
all the mainstream channels for becoming a chef just aren’t for you.
They require you to cook meat and show that you can debone a cow in order to follow your passion of becoming a chef.
Or if they do offer a vegan module amongst all the meat cooking modules it’s far from comprehensive and not delivered by a vegan chef who knows vegan food inside out.
There is no way in the world you can do that because your values just won’t stand for it.
On top of that you want to learn the nutritional side of cooking, not just how to cook.
You want to learn the skills and techniques to ensure plant-based meals taste sensational, every single time you cook.
And you don’t want to have to study full-time to become a qualified vegan chef.
You want and know you need to become the best vegan chef you can be, in order to cook and help others realise how incredible vegan food is.
You know there’s got to be a better solution.
And yes there is!
It’s called The Vegan Chef Training
I created the vegan chef training in 2015 because 10 years earlier I was in your shoes
I wanted to cook for others
I wanted to show people how healthy plant based food was
I dreamed of helping people create meals where
they didn’t have to eat animals in order to be healthy and thrive.
I taught myself and used my skills of being a primary school teacher to set up systems to be a really incredible chef,
I cooked for hundreds if not thousands of people every year for 13 years and amazed people with how sensational vegan food could be.
Then I realised there needed to be a training that accommodated people wanting to be vegan chefs.
So I used those school teaching skills to develop an incredible course with a fantastic syllabus that would assist people to be the best vegan chefs they could be. Then I added to this and obtained a degree in nutrition in 2022.
The Vegan Chef training has been running since 2015 and has seen over 40 people graduate and go on to do incredible things.
What some of the graduate chefs are doing now
Opened cafes – Boneless in Bermagui, Garden Eats in Dwellingup WA, Angie’s Spot in Townsville
Worked for famous vegan restaurant, Smith and Daughters in Melbourne
Cooking for loved ones helping them overcome health issues
Set up a coaching business for people with eating disorders
Runs cooking workshops and nutrition sessions in her local gym
Caters on yoga and meditation retreats
Making tempeh to sell at the local markets
Has a market stall selling breakfast and lunch snacks
Private cheffing
Published a cook book and sold over 3000 cook books in 2 years
Creating a product to help people cook well when travelling
There are so many paths you can follow when you graduate from the Vegan Chef Training, because the skills, techniques and process you learn can be applied anywhere.
Vegan/Plant Based Chef
Here’s what you can expect to take away from our training:
- Exceptional knife skills
- Developed a style of presenting food that is appealing to others to eat
- Skills to develop recipes to meet all dietary requirements
- Ability to plan menus and recipes
- Food substitutions for meat products and the confidence to ensure all the essential nutrients are in the food and recipes you create
- Put systems in place to set up your business
- Skills and understanding of how to set up a commercial kitchen
- Understand how to maintain a hygienic kitchen following food hygiene standards
- Be able to plan menus that will support client’s health and well-being when following a vegan diet
- Be able to design a product and set up systems to distribute your product
You can finish the vegan chef training not only with fantastic chef skills but also the skill set to begin setting up your own business in whatever business setting you desire.
How does the vegan chef training work?
The vegan chef training is presently conducted online
There are two options;
Option 1
The group (1:3) program
- 18 x 3 hour sessions where we cook together
- Three participants and Me (Veet). You meet me and 2 other participants online
- In between sessions you will have cooking and theory tasks to complete.
Next course date: Starts on the 1st August
Option 2
The private one-on-one (1:1) program
- 18 x 3 hour online classes
- You meet with just Me (Veet) online and we cook together. I will instruct you on what to do and you recreate the meals and dishes as we go along.
- In between sessions you will have cooking and theory tasks to complete.
- You can do the training as fast or slow as you want to suit your own schedule, it is super flexible.
Whichever format you choose
Either the
Private 1:1 course or the Group of 3:1 course
here is what we work through in order for you to achieve the completion of the Vegan Chef Training.
Apply for this course before or after you pay. See Payment Options below.
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, sushi, ethical cooking and grounding techniques for staying calm in the kitchen
Home task: Create a signature dish, try recipes from the manual that we didn’t make. Remake any recipes you liked that we made together.
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
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
Module 4 Macrobiotic, Wholefoods & Italian
Module Length: 2 x 3 hour sessions
Module 5 Fermentation, Activated Grains, Miso
Module Length: 2 x 3 hour sessions
Module 6 Dietary Requirements
Module Length: 2 x 3 hour sessions
Session 1 Specific diets, gluten free and coeliac, making pastry; practical, theory looking at all dietary requirements and how to cook for them.
Session 2 Planning and creating your own lunch dishes to cater for people with dietary requirements. Establishing a business part 1 and 2.
Module 7 Menu Planning and Food Photography
Module Length: 2 x 3 hour sessions
Session 1 Food Photography
Module 8 Faux foods and Establishing a Business or optional event cake baking
Module Length: 3 x 3 hour sessions
Session 1 Faux foods, establishing a business
Session 2 Theory, establishing a business
Session 3 Your choice - an in-person event cake baking session which is a 2 day course held in Murwillumbah northern NSW
or
1 x 3 hour session of cafe cakes or a further session of establishing a business.
Module 9 Follow Up Business Mentoring
Module Length: 3 x 1 hour sessions
Follow Up Business Mentoring
2 x 1 hour individual business mentoring sessions.
YOUR INVESTMENT
Option 1 - Group 1:3 Vegan Chef Training
Next course date: Starts on the 1st August
A$6200
Per person including gst.
Payment Plan is 12 monthly payments of $550
In addition to attending the classes with me you will also receive:
- A fully comprehensive online manual for every module which includes a syllabus that you can refer to forever and a multitude of recipes.
- You have access to a private Facebook group with present and past vegan chef trainees so you can collaborate and get feedback from as well as have me popping in with information and inspiration.
- You get access to me via email and text during business hours while you are doing the course so if there is something you are not sure about you can check in with me rather than waiting for the next session.
- 2 x 1 hour business mentoring sessions post course to support you when you go out on your own to create your own business.
Inside the vegan chef training:
There are 54 online contact hours with me personally where we cook and work together.
You will learn exceptionally good vegan chef skills and substitutions to ensure you are cooking healthy satiating vegan food.
You will be guided through the process that helps you start your own business.
With all of these aspects together you’ll achieve your big goal
of becoming a vegan chef and know how to start your own business in whichever way you would like to.
You will become part of this growing chef training community where you will be able to spread the love for exceptionally good vegan food.
Hi I’m Veet,
Food is my greatest love and I won’t eat unless the food is healthy and tastes sensational,
My number one goal in life is to spread love and kindness by teaching people to create delectable food that is fully nourishing and of restaurant quality in order to help people’s health, support the environment and cause less harm to sentient beings.
I taught in the education system for thirteen years, had my own successful business as a vegan chef for thirteen years (yep it’s a lucky number for me) and have been facilitating the vegan chef training since 2015. I became a nutritionist in 2022 after studying a Human nutrition post graduate course at Deakin university.
I bring all of these skills and expertise into this one fabulous training,
Once I receive your application I will reach out with details on how to book or we can book in a
free 20 minute chat to make sure the course is a great fit for you.
The training was the equivalent of years of knowledge
“The amount of skills and knowledge we learnt in the training, was the equivalent of years of knowledge for me, without lacking any information! I’ve loved being taught by Veet this year, she is such a knowledgeable down to earth woman, and she is always there for any questions. I would 100% recommend doing this course, it has benefitted not just my nutrition knowledge, but the skills I will need to one day open up my own catering or food related business.”
SAMMY FLOOK
Director of Core Health, Sydney
Vegan Chef Training 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.
For the 1:1 option We work out a time that suits us mutually.
For the 1:3 option the course starts every year in May.
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.
You can make 6 payments paid over 6 months.
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.
You can change a date with at least a weeks notice in the 1:1 training.
For the 1:3 training with plenty of notice we can see if the whole group can make another date (for example if you have a wedding to attend etc). If they can great, if they can’t you will receive the recorded video of the session.
You will be given a copy of the recording of the session to work through at another time.
This was a working kitchen
“It is safe to say that Module 1 course exceeded my expectations. Veet was so generous when sharing her experiences, tips and creativity – we truly felt a part of her world! Although each student had their own specific goals, Veet was able to weave the course content to suit these individual needs, and everyone contributed to the delicious meals. This was a working kitchen – busy, focused and time-based – goals were set and roles were clear. I am grateful for the opportunity to learn from Veet, as well as the other students on the course, and am more confident than ever to start my own vegan restaurant.”
JASON LAWLESS
Restaurant Owner, New Zealand
Once I receive your application I will reach out with details on how to book or we can book in a
free 20 minute chat to make sure the course is a great fit for you.
Food is medicine & medicine is food
“As Hippocrates said many years ago ‘Food is thy medicine and medicine is thy food.’ The vegan cooking school uses that as the basis of all cooking, theory and practice. Veet teaches in a professional, caring way. I have come away from each module with incredible experiences, recipes and knowledge.”
AMANDA ATTARD
Owner of Sweets & Greens, Gold Coast
