Plant Pro is our flagship online professional vegan cooking program. It teaches you modern techniques, global recipes, ingredient science, and confident plant-forward cooking through chef-led guidance and hands-on assignments.

The program is designed for anyone who wants to cook plant-based food well — beginners, home cooks, culinary students, and working professionals. If you love food and enjoy learning by doing, you’ll feel right at home.

Not at all. Many students simply want to cook healthier, reduce dairy, or explore new cuisines. The course is fully vegan, but you’re welcome no matter where you are in your journey.

Yes. The lessons are step-by-step and easy to follow. If you’re extremely new to cooking, you can start with our shorter beginner course — but even inside Plant Pro, we take you from the basics and slowly build your confidence.

Plant Pro is the most in-depth program we offer.

• It has more modules, more techniques, more assignments, and a complete professional curriculum.

• Our other courses are shorter, topic-focused, and ideal if you want to level up specific skills without committing to a longer program.

Yes. After successfully completing the assignments and assessments, you’ll receive a certificate from Vegan School Online.

All lessons are pre-recorded. You can watch them anytime, from anywhere. Practical tasks help you apply what you learn, and you submit photographs of your work through the platform for chef feedback.

Yes. This is a cooking course — not just theory. You’ll be chopping, cooking, plating, photographing your dishes, and improving along the way.

Yes. Before starting each activity, you’ll need to go through the recipe and make your own list of ingredients and equipment needed. This helps you stay organised and ensures you have everything ready for the practical tasks.

Most of the items are easily available, and if you’re unsure about substitutes or tools, you can always ask in the community space.

Yes. You’ll need to find the ingredients locally for each recipe and activity. Most items are easy to source, but if something isn’t available in your area, feel free to use substitutes, do a bit of quick research, or ask for help in the community page. We’ll guide you wherever needed.

Because we teach global and modern vegan recipes, certain ingredients may be harder to find in some regions. Here’s what we recommend:

• Use your own judgement and research simple replacements

• Check your local stores or online suppliers

• Ask us in the community page — our chefs and students are quick with practical swaps Cooking is flexible. Don’t worry if you can’t find the exact item.

Find the exhaustive list of equipment that we recommend you have. Although not all are necessary, it's nice to have. Many of these are everyday kitchen items. Nothing fancy or commercial is required — just basic gear to help you cook safely and effectively.

Yes — you can watch the lessons, view recipes and complete the coursework using your phone.

However, we recommend using a laptop for a better viewing and cooking experience, especially when checking recipes, uploading photos, and navigating through modules.

No. A regular home kitchen works perfectly. We designed the course so anyone can learn from home.

Yes. You get access to mentors, chef feedback on your assignments, and a community of learners where you can ask questions, share your wins, and stay motivated.

For each practical task, you’ll take photos of your cooking process — from preparation to the final plated dish — and upload them on the platform.

Our chefs review your work, share what you did well, and guide you on what to improve. It’s a simple, supportive way to learn and get personalised feedback without needing live classes.

Yes. Each activity you submit is graded by our chefs. They review your work carefully and give you clear, constructive feedback so you know exactly how you’re progressing and where you can improve.

Yes, through our community page. It’s a space to connect, learn, ask for substitutes, share your progress, and cheer each other on.

We are building a dedicated job board where students will be able to find internships, kitchen openings, and project-based opportunities with cafés, restaurants, and plant-based brands.

You’ll also get priority access as soon as it launches. Our goal is to give you real industry exposure and a clear next step after completing your course.

The core content and learning support are provided by our trusted partner Rouxbe.com, a global leader in online culinary education. We’ve chosen them for their professional curriculum and high-quality instruction.

No, this is a separate course created in partnership with Rouxbe.com. While the fundamentals of cooking stay the same, the syllabus, approach, and recipes are different from our in-person program. Some content may overlap, but each course goes deeper in different areas. Plant Pro offers more depth in certain technical topics, while our in-person program explores other subjects more extensively. Both are strong learning experiences — just designed in different ways.

Plant Pro covers all the topics taught in the Whole Food Program and Plant Intro, along with many additional modules, techniques, and advanced lessons.

The Dessert Essentials course, however, is a separate specialised program. If you want to go deeper into vegan desserts after completing Plant Pro, you can take Dessert Essentials as an add-on to expand your skills.

Yes. Plant Pro is recognised internationally. Both the American Culinary Federation (ACF) and the World Association of Chefs’ Societies (WAOCS) approve this Professional Cook Certification course as an accepted and credible training program.

You will receive a separate mail with step by step guide to login. But, If you face any trouble logging in or setting up your course, we’re here to help. You can reach out to us by email or request a quick support call. We’ll guide you step-by-step and make sure you’re fully set up before you begin learning.

We do not offer refunds. Once you purchase the course, you get full access to all the content immediately, and in the past some students have misused this by downloading everything and cancelling. The upside is that you get lifetime access to the course at no extra cost. You can learn at your own pace and revisit the lessons anytime in the future.

Just drop us a message at hello@veganschoolonline.com — we read every query and will help you with enrolment, login or setup, course content questions, and career or internship queries.