Method for selecting at least two work programmes, each in the form of a cooking programme in a cooking device with a plurality of cooking zones in a cooking area characterised by at least one first parameter, wherein for each cooking zone, at least one parameter determined by the length, the point of time and/or the frequency of activation of at least one food treatment device can be set individually as a function of at least one second characteristic parameter for a food type and/or at least one third characteristic parameter for an accessory, characterised in that i) after selecting a first parameter for a first work programme a plurality of selection proposals corresponding to the selected first parameter is displayed for the second and/or third parameter of the first work programme, or after selecting a second parameter for a first work programme a plurality of selection proposals corresponding to the selected second parameter is displayed for the first and/or third parameter of the first work programme, or after selecting a third parameter for a first work programme a plurality of selection proposals corresponding to the selected third parameter is displayed for the first and/or second parameter of the first work programme, and after selecting a first, second or third parameter for the first work programme a plurality of selection proposals corresponding to the selected first, second or third parameter is displayed for a fourth parameter of the first work programme which is characteristic for a final degree of cooking, and ii) after selecting the first work programme a plurality of selection proposals corresponding to the selected first work programme is displayed for at least a first, second and/or third parameter of a second work programme, wherein the selection proposals are determined depending on the operation of the food treatment device at the time of determination, each first parameter is determined by a heating zone on a heating level or a treatment zone in a treatment room, such that individual cooking programmes are allocated to each cooking zone of the plurality of cooking zones of the cooking area, and for simultaneous cooking in a plurality of cooking zones the cooking programmes are conformed with the cooking zones and with each other. i) after selecting a first parameter for a first work programme a plurality of selection proposals corresponding to the selected first parameter is displayed for the second and/or third parameter of the first work programme, or after selecting a second parameter for a first work programme a plurality of selection proposals corresponding to the selected second parameter is displayed for the first and/or third parameter of the first work programme, or after selecting a third parameter for a first work programme a plurality of selection proposals corresponding to the selected third parameter is displayed for the first and/or second parameter of the first work programme, and after selecting a first, second or third parameter for the first work programme a plurality of selection proposals corresponding to the selected first, second or third parameter is displayed for a fourth parameter of the first work programme which is characteristic for a final degree of cooking, and ii) after selecting the first work programme a plurality of selection proposals corresponding to the selected first work programme is displayed for at least a first, second and/or third parameter of a second work programme, wherein the selection proposals are determined depending on the operation of the food treatment device at the time of determination,