5-Week Culinary Boot Camp: Vegetarian Cooking Techniques

Home Cooking New York

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Build the craft of vegetarian cooking through this hands-on, skills-based series that teaches you essential preparation techniques and creative recipes using vegetables, legumes, grains, and eggs. Ideal for vegetarians and anyone ready to expand their plant-based cooking repertoire.

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5-Week Culinary Boot Camp: Vegetarian Cooking Techniques

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Thu. Jan 7th, 6–9pm ET

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I had a great experience with the Vegetarian boot camp. It was welcoming environment for someone without much cooking experience, and I definitely grew as a chef each week. Erica was a wonderful teacher and was an invaluable resource for questions throughout the program. The small class size made it intimate, which was ideal, and I looked forward to sharing the meal we created with my classmates at the end of each session.

Conor D.

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Description

This hands-on, skills-based intensive series covers all the foundational techniques and competencies you'll need to feel truly comfortable and creative in the kitchen. This boot camp focuses primarily on techniques you'll need to create delicious meals firmly rooted in the vegetable kingdom, along with legumes, grains, and eggs. This course is ideal for vegetarians and anyone who wants to add more vegetables and plant-based proteins to their cooking repertoire. Note that we will be using dairy in some of the dishes, though most of the curriculum is also suited for vegan cooking approaches.

WEEK 1: Knife Skills and Vegetable Techniques

SKILLS COVERED: Blanching and shocking, roasting, sautéing, and seasoning techniques, including balancing salt, fat, and acid
RECIPES INCLUDE: Sautéed Swiss Chard with Garlic and Lemon; Roasted Vegetables; Roasted Ratatouille; Blanched String Beans with Lemon Gremolata

WEEK 2: Legume Techniques

SKILLS COVERED: Cooking dried beans from scratch, selecting and seasoning canned beans, pressing and seasoning tofu, and cooking whole grains
RECIPES INCLUDE: Smoky Black Bean Soup; Stewed White Beans with Rosemary and Garlic; Red Lentil Dal; Korean Braised Tofu; A Good Pot of Rice

WEEK 3: Egg and Grain Techniques

SKILLS COVERED: Eggs 101 and diverse cooking methods; cooking whole grains for different textures and applications
RECIPES INCLUDE: Frittata with Roasted Tomatoes and Herbed Goat Cheese; Shakshuka; Farro Risotto; Baked Fruit Clafoutis (our favorite eggy dessert)

WEEK 4: Pasta Techniques

SKILLS COVERED: Understanding fresh versus dried pasta, sauce-building principles, and proper pasta cooking technique
RECIPES INCLUDE: Pasta Puttanesca with Chickpeas; Pappardelle with Wild Mushroom Ragout

WEEK 5: Vegetarian Meals Around the Globe

SKILLS COVERED: Working with herbs and spices; understanding diverse flavor profiles; vegetarian meal planning and composition
RECIPES INCLUDE: Indian Matar Paneer; Lebanese Fattoush Salad with Spiced Chickpeas; Thai Red Coconut Curry with Crispy Tofu and Basil; Persian Lentil Soup

School Notes:

For NYC In-Person Classes:

You’ll receive a complete recipe packet and enjoy a full sit-down meal at the end of class with your classmates. Our classes are BYOB, and you are welcome to bring a bottle to enjoy at the sit-down meal (not including our baking or dessert classes).

Our classes are hands-on, coupled with demonstration-style teaching. Everyone is situated at their own cutting board/chef’s knife station around a large wooden work table that accommodates the whole class (10 people max). We work together as a group, with the chef at the head of the table.

We focus on knife skills, preparing ingredients for cooking, and we strive to find every opportunity to offer you a hands-on experience at the stove and at your station, all within the spatial parameters of a single stove/family-style kitchen. We ask for volunteers to assist in all cooking.

Refund Policy

For Public Classes:

We have a firm 3 business days cancellation policy (for credit only) to ensure that we have enough time to re-fill your seat with another student.

Please note: Boot Camps require 6 business days notice to be rescheduled.

While it is not in our nature to say no, we are simply not able to accommodate last-minute illnesses or work-related conflicts. However, you are always welcome to send someone in your place, because we understand that these things do happen. Classes are not refundable.

For Culinary Boot Camps:

Because of the volume of Boot Camps we offer, we cannot offer make-up classes to anyone who misses a single class, no matter the reason, as it happens too often and we cannot handle that volume of make-ups. Once you book your boot camp, make sure to mark (and prioritize) all the dates in your calendar.

Because we know how disappointing it is to miss a class, you are always welcome to send a friend in your place (just send us their name ahead of class), and perhaps insist that they cook you dinner as repayment.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

Thank you for understanding!

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5-Week Culinary Boot Camp: Vegetarian Cooking Techniques

Anonymous • December 10, 2025

It has been so hard to find a recurring cooking class for people who want to improve their cooking (but not become a chef) but this class is it! Having it recurring helps build upon and reinforce skills. I learned a ton of skills, found new recipes, and ate great food.
5-Week Culinary Boot Camp: Vegetarian Cooking Techniques

Conor D. • February 4, 2025

I had a great experience with the Vegetarian boot camp. It was welcoming environment for someone without much cooking experience, and I definitely grew as a chef each week. Erica was a wonderful teacher and was an invaluable resource for questions throughout the program. The small class size made it intimate, which was ideal, and I looked forward to sharing the meal we created with my classmates at the end of each session.
5-Week Culinary Boot Camp: Vegetarian Cooking Techniques

Anonymous • July 12, 2024

I would of like the opportunity to make our own dishes instead making it as a group.

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