I've only done a little bit with Blender as a hobbyist, but Andrew's tutorials are what really made it fun for me and helped things start to "click". If you've never used Blender but wanted to check it out, these are the tutorials you should use.
I highly recommend https://academy.cgboost.com/p/resources
Also free of charge, and a very good presenter (if you can excuse the German accent).
But most people like the Donut tutorial, that's true.