Best Online Vegan Cooking Classes

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Why We Chose It: With tons of great content, a diverse group of professional instructors, an engaged community, and a very reasonable price, Veecoco checks all the boxes.

Setting a new standard in culinary education, Veecoco is so much more than an online class. It's an ever-growing library of diverse courses, with an online community dedicated to 100 percent healthful, plant-based cooking. Created by fraternal twins Lukas and Samuel Schanderl in 2019, Veecoco grew from eight courses to 23 courses in less than two years, and the pair are constantly adding new ones.

The best part about Veecoco is the wide variety of cuisines and instructors. Courses include Vegan Classic Italian, Vegan Sushi and Ramen, Raw Food Essentials, and Mouthwatering Vegan Desserts, to name just a few. There's even a course on making Artisanal Vegan Cheese.

Each course on Veecoco is taught by a different professional vegan chef, each with their own specialty and unique background. It's like a virtual apprenticeship with multiple mentors that's sure to accelerate your learning.

To join Veecoco, sign up for a one-year membership. You can pay upfront for around $300, or pay $39 each month for a month-to-month subscription. If you want to check out the courses before committing, Veecoco offers a seven-day free trial with access to the entire library of over 800 lessons.

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Why We Chose It: Engaging and empowering for young cooks, Tiny Green Chef will make plant-based eating fun for your kids.

Every parent has experienced power struggles with their kids over healthful eating. And no one escapes childhood without being told to "eat your vegetables." It's no fun for anyone, and that's why health professional and vegan chef Azizi Birkeland is on a mission to change the situation with her Tiny Green Chef program, a plant-based course designed specifically for kids.

The secret is to give your kids what they want—and no, she's not talking about cake and ice cream. What kids really want is control and for you to have faith in their choices and abilities. Therefore, the solution to the power struggle is to empower your kids with cooking skills, inspire their natural creativity, and educate them with fun, hands-on experiments.

The program comprises four modules, with over 30 cooking lessons, 60 skills demos, kitchen science experiments, and interactive, kid-friendly health lessons. The videos star Birkeland's two adorable daughters, helping to make the material relatable for young viewers. There are also a few bonuses for adults, like meal templates, ingredient substitution ideas, and meal prep tips.

The Tiny Green Chef Program is a one-time purchase of around $250. Birkeland is so confident it will work for your family that she offers a 30-day, no-questions-asked refund if you're not fully satisfied.

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Why We Chose It: For around $12 per month, you can access Brownble's library of 400+ videos, plus new content every week.

Brownble was created by husband and wife team Kim Sujovolsky and Carlos Marrero. Carlos is a medical doctor who also happens to be passionate about filmmaking and tech, and Kim is a certified plant-based cook. Together, they built an online platform to help others prepare healthful, vegan food.

While the platform hosts an array of courses, the offer we're focusing on here is called My Brownble, a monthly subscription to the site's main library of cooking and vegan lifestyle support videos. For a low monthly fee, you will get access to the continually expanding library of over 400 videos and printable PDFs of all the recipes.

For a two-person project, Brownble is extremely impressive. Take a look at the recipe list to see the vast assortment of different foods and techniques covered in the videos, from tempeh and kidney bean tortilla burgers to raspberry chia pudding and seitan wellingtons with red wine mushroom gravy.

The My Brownble program costs about $12 per month or around $120 per year. You can even get lifetime access for a one-time payment of roughly $200. No matter which way you decide to subscribe, your first week is free, so you can check out the content and see if it's for you.

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Why We Chose It: Matthew Kenney is a well-known vegan chef with dozens of restaurants, cookbooks, and an online cooking school.

Vegan chef Matthew Kenney operates more than a dozen restaurants in 10 countries, has written 18 cookbooks, and has a line of frozen vegan meals. To anyone who thinks you can't get energy from a plant-based diet, Kenney stands as a living rejoinder.

Kenney believes that plant-based food is the future, so it's not surprising that he named his online vegan culinary school the Food Future Institute. The course is very substantial, with about 200 hours of learning material. FFI estimates that a full-time student will need three months to complete the work, including two exams and a final project. While students get access to all the materials for life, instructor feedback is only available for one year, so you are encouraged to finish the course within that time frame.

Download the course catalog to view the comprehensive syllabus, which maps out the progression through 18 modules, each filled with roughly five to seven recipe-based lessons. You'll learn everything from basic knife skills to how to make kombucha, vegan cheeses, beet tartare, lentil pate, vegetable terrines, and much, much more.

FFI is not a subscription. To enroll, students make a one-time payment of $350. While open to all skill levels, some recipes rely on dehydration and high-speed blending that require specialty appliances. See the equipment list in the syllabus before enrolling to make sure you can do the necessary work.

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Why We Chose It: Forks Over Knives will give recent plant-based converts the foundation necessary to stick to their commitment.

In 2001, Brian Wendel attended a nutrition conference that changed his life. Inspired by a lecture from a plant-based eating expert, Wendel immersed himself in the vegan lifestyle. As he did so, the information he discovered and the changes that he noticed in his own life kindled a burning desire to share the impact of a plant-based diet with the world.

To kick off this broader mission, Wendel produced the documentary film "Forks Over Knives," released in 2011. The response was overwhelming, allowing Wendel to publish four books, a website, a recipe app, and a cooking course, all to help others adopt and benefit from a plant-based lifestyle.

The Forks Over Knives course is available in two levels. The Essentials Course consists of 20 hours of instruction in foundational plant-based knowledge, including lifestyle and nutrition, setting up your pantry, and basic cooking skills. The Ultimate Course clocks in at 55 hours and covers everything in the Essentials course, plus four more units, with 25 more lessons, over 100 recipes, and instructor support and feedback. You'll also earn credits with the American Culinary Federation, which you can use if you want to pursue professional certification.

The Essentials Course costs about $80, while the Ultimate Course sells for roughly $200. The courses are produced through Rouxbe, a well-known online culinary school. You can sample a number of the course videos before you commit.