Hi I dream of noodles,
There is no dedicated welcome thread yet. Welcome 
The first place that you could watch is the official learning videos, the Quickstart series. Note that some might be a bit outdated here and there. For example, the tools are now all in the tool shelf.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm7aCzI4xws&list=PLB0iqEbIPQTZEkNWmGcIFGubrLYSDi5Og
The second place is the manual. It’s fully searchable. And is more complete than the Blender manual.
https://www.bforartists.de/wiki/Manual
And you can always ask here in case you get stuck
Kind regards
Reiner