Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Next Level Much More Veg

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Level: Peer






What’s the difference between Peer and Expert levels?

Both Peer and Expert levels provide:

  • Video lessons led by an expert tutor
  • Downloadable lesson notes
  • Practice assignments
  • Group learning in a 20-student online classroom
  • Lifetime access to videos, notes, and classroom

The Expert level additionally includes:

  • Personalized feedback and coaching from your tutor
  • Private messaging with your tutor
  • Certificate of completion
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Level: Peer

Course overview

River Cottage's Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall will inspire you to take your vegetarian cooking to the next level by teaching you new vegetarian cooking techniques and using plant-based ingredients in original ways.

The plan is not just to help you incorporate more veg into your diet, but to build your confidence and expand your repertoire so that seasonal veg feature as the bedrock of your creative cooking. All the dishes are vegan, but they are designed to be equally tempting for vegetarians and omnivores too.

In his opening session on vegan starters, Hugh shows you how to combine raw or very simply cooked vegetables to create vibrant and visual openers to any meal.

You’ll learn exciting and inspiring ways to create vibrant vegan main courses and sharing platters for special menus and larger gatherings. The best seasonal veg are complemented with complex flavours from herbs, spices and original dressings.

Hugh will guide you through using grains and pulses to combine their creamy comforting qualities with more fresh vegetables to make deliciously balanced and satisfying vegan meals.

Finally Hugh has a fun and surprising masterclass in using veg in unexpected ways to make desserts and baked treats. The sugar is dialled down but the deliciousness is all there.

Vegetarian cookery gets taken to a whole new level in this course which will leave your head spinning with new ideas, your tastebuds tingling in anticipation. You’ll be dancing straight into the kitchen to try out your own creations inspired by Hugh’s irresistible and compelling way with plants.

You'll learn:

  • how to use seasonal and local veg in vegetarian and vegan recipes
  • creating a plant-based dinner party menu including a starter, main course and dessert
  • using veg in baking and sweet treats
  • making vegan dishes with grains and pulses

The course includes:

  • 4 on-demand video lessons - presented by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and River Cottage
  • lifetime access to the videos, notes and interactive class
  • flexible classes - join and learn when and where you like
  • downloadable lesson notes
  • practical vegetarian and vegan based cooking projects and 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

Independent Cookery Schools Association approved

This course has been approved by the Independent Cookery Schools Association (ICSA), recognising the highest standards of training.

Time to complete the next level much more veg cooking course:

Every student is different but in general we think the whole course will take around 14 hours 40 minutes to complete including:

  • Video lessons: 3 hours 40 minutes in total
  • Course notes: 30 minutes per lesson
  • Your much more veg recipe 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:

Your lesson notes will include the full details of the ingredients you'll need, but you will be making plant-based food, so you'll need standard kitchen equipment and plenty of vegetables to use.

Ready to get started?

Just add the course to your basket above - choose the 'Expert' option for personal feedback from Hugh on your veg cooking.

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Lesson summary

Veg starters
Hugh’s first session features super smart veg starters, exciting beginnings to any meal. He'll show you how to combine raw or very simply cooked veg with an enticing, lightly “processed” accompaniment to create delicious and delightful looking plates such as: Greens and Beans with Smoked Nut Cream; Gooseberry Gazpacho with Nasturtium Pesto; Crudités, Leaves and Flowers with Roast Carrot Aioli.
Mains Courses and Sharing Platters
This session is all about exciting and inspiring ways to create vibrant veg main courses and dazzling sharing platters for special menus and larger gatherings. Hugh teaches you how to create colourful plates of veg, with complex flavours from herbs, spices and original dressings. You’ll love his artful Panzanella with Deconstructed Tapenade; Beets and English lentils with Salsa Verde; and Barbecued Vegetable Kebabs with Pumpkin Seed Satay Sauce.
Grains and pulses
Grains and pulses are rightfully at the heart of some of the most delicious and satisfying plant-based cookery, and Hugh devotes his third session to this versatile and wholesome set of ingredients. Hugh starts with a quickfire guide to the go-to grains and pulses (many of which are grown in the UK) explaining how they are deliciously deployed on an almost daily basis in the River Cottage Kitchen. Hugh will delve into the sustainability aspects of growing and eating more grains and pulses before demonstrating a quartet of creative recipes; a Creamy Courgette “Speltotto” with Umami Pumpkin Seeds; a Versatile Vegeree with Double Dahl (using both split and whole lentils); and a Vegan Roast Veg Chilli.
Sweet treats – Using Veg in Baking and Desserts
Hugh shows the ultimate versatility of vegetables by deploying them in a series of outstanding and original desserts and tea time treats, which he has developed with Executive Head Chef Gelf Alderson and are now popular features on River Cottage tasting menus. Roots are at the heart of this session and Hugh makes two surprising ices, a Caraway and Carrot Sorbet and a Creamy Celeriac Ice cream. The distinctive pairing of beetroot and chocolate features in a gorgeous torte. And the traditional teacake gets a lovely autumnal makeover by featuring roast squash and apple-juice soaked sultanas.

Choose how you want to learn

Expert-level

Develop your learning further with marked assignments and personal tuition:

  • Start the course whenever you like
  • Tutor access for personalised assignment feedback & coaching
  • Certificate of completion and CPD learning hours
  • Online classroom with up to 20 classmates
  • Lessons with expert videos & notes
  • Group chat & direct message with tutor & classmates
  • Lifetime access to videos, notes & classroom

Peer-level

Get the most from shared knowledge and community study:

  • Start course whenever you like
  • Practise what you learn with your peers
  • Online classroom with up to 20 classmates
  • Lessons with videos & notes
  • Course assignments
  • Group chat & direct message classmates
  • Lifetime access to videos, notes & classroom
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meet the expert

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Award-winning advocate for ethical food, sustainability, and environmental stewardship, celebrated writer and broadcaster.

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Why choose Learning with Experts?

Start whenever it suits you, and immerse yourself in motivational lesson tutorials with expert guidance.
Enhance your learning and personal growth with lesson assignments. Each course includes an optional assignment at the end of every lesson.
Drop a friendly message or respond to your assignment feedback. Our world-class experts are just a click away, ready to help you!
Stay informed about your own progress and those of your peers, and take joy in celebrating achievements along the way.
Chat and share ideas with passionate communities of learners from around the world.

Frequently asked questions

What’s the difference between PEER and EXPERT levels?

At Peer and Expert level, you get access to the same core content and features:

  • Video lesson tutorials led by your expert tutor
  • Downloadable lesson notes
  • Option to practise what you learn with lesson assignments
  • Group learning within an online interactive classroom of up to 20 classmates
  • Lifetime access to videos, notes and classroom

If you choose Expert level, you get all of the above plus the following:

  • Personalised assignment feedback and coaching from your expert tutor
  • Opportunity to interact with your expert tutor through a private messaging system
  • Certificate of completion.
What is an online classroom?

Our online classroom has been developed to allow you to learn from our experts in a sociable environment alongside up to 20 other students. After each video tutorial led by your expert, you will be encouraged to practice what you have learned with optional assignments - these can be seen by the other students in your class, who are free to share their own thoughts and questions with you.

You will be encouraged to take part in an ongoing class discussion where you can discuss ideas, post images or work, and comment on each other’s assignments. It’s a great way to learn from other like-minded people who share your passion from all over the world.

This means not only do you benefit from people who are outstanding in their field, but also from a close-knit group of like-minded people whom you can learn alongside. Group learning has shown to greatly improve not just the experience of studying, but also how well you retain the knowledge, and we have built our classroom experience around this fact.

When can I start my course and how long will it take?

You can start your course any time within 12 months after receipt of your purchase confirmation email. Once you start, you’ll have lifetime access — meaning you can revisit the lesson videos and notes whenever you want.

Our courses are designed so that you can study at your own pace, some prefer to binge learn while others like to spread their studying over a longer period of time - it’s completely up to you. To give you a rough time frame, each lesson video is approximately 30-40 minutes long, and we recommend that you spend around an hour on each assignment.

How often can I speak with the Expert?

If you opt for the Expert version of your course, the time you have to interact with your tutor is limited to course length. You will have one week per lesson to chat to your tutor and to have your assignments marked, and during this period you can ask them as many questions as you would like.

To find out the length of each course, head to the product page and look at the Course outline to see how many lessons it contains. e.g. a four lesson course assumes that you will have completed the assignments within four weeks.

Your tutor interaction period will start as soon as you enter the classroom. If you find that you are struggling to complete the assignments in the allocated time or you wish to put this function on hold, just get in contact with one of the team via the support button and we will help you out.

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