An apparatus used for cooking at least two foodstuffs comprises at least two cooking devices (1-4), a control unit (5), an input device (7) and an output device (8). The control unit (5) is adapted todetermine if at least two of the foodstuffs to be cooked can be cooked in one of the cooking devices (1-4) in an at least partly concurrent manner. Depending there on, the control unit (5) allocatesthe foodstuffs to be 10 cooked to the cooking devices (1-4) and outputs, via the output device (8), which of the foodstuffs can be cooked in which cooking device or in which cooking devices (1 4).