Method for operating a cooking system (1, 2) that has a cooking hob with at least one first cooking zone and a cooking vessel, wherein the cooking vessel is arranged on the first cooking zone, the method comprising the following steps: establishment of a pairing of the first cooking zone of the cooking hob and the cooking vessel, operation of the first cooking zone with a predetermined power, detection of a cooking zone temperature of the first cooking zone on the part of the cooking hob, detection of a cooking vessel temperature of the cooking vessel on the part of the cooking vessel, characterised in that the cooking vessel temperature is detected at the base of the cooking vessel, and the further steps: transmission of the cooking vessel temperature detected of the cooking vessel from the cooking vessel to the cooking hob and reception of the cooking vessel temperature detected of the cooking vessel on the part of the cooking hob, comparison of the cooking zone temperature of the first cooking zone with the cooking vessel temperature of the cooking vessel, wherein the comparison of the cooking zone temperature of the first cooking zone with the cooking vessel temperature of the cooking vessel is effected by a control unit of the cooking hob and, depending upon the result of the comparison, confirmation of the pairing of the cooking hob and the cooking vessel or rejection of the pairing of the cooking hob and the cooking vessel. establishment of a pairing of the first cooking zone of the cooking hob and the cooking vessel, operation of the first cooking zone with a predetermined power, detection of a cooking zone temperature of the first cooking zone on the part of the cooking hob, detection of a cooking vessel temperature of the cooking vessel on the part of the cooking vessel, characterised in that the cooking vessel temperature is detected at the base of the cooking vessel, and the further steps: transmission of the cooking vessel temperature detected of the cooking vessel from the cooking vessel to the cooking hob and reception of the cooking vessel temperature detected of the cooking vessel on the part of the cooking hob, comparison of the cooking zone temperature of the first cooking zone with the cooking vessel temperature of the cooking vessel, wherein the comparison of the cooking zone temperature of the first cooking zone with the cooking vessel temperature of the cooking vessel is effected by a control unit of the cooking hob and, depending upon the result of the comparison, confirmation of the pairing of the cooking hob and the cooking vessel or rejection of the pairing of the cooking hob and the cooking vessel. transmission of the cooking vessel temperature detected of the cooking vessel from the cooking vessel to the cooking hob and reception of the cooking vessel temperature detected of the cooking vessel on the part of the cooking hob, comparison of the cooking zone temperature of the first cooking zone with the cooking vessel temperature of the cooking vessel, wherein the comparison of the cooking zone temperature of the first cooking zone with the cooking vessel temperature of the cooking vessel is effected by a control unit of the cooking hob and, depending upon the result of the comparison, confirmation of the pairing of the cooking hob and the cooking vessel or rejection of the pairing of the cooking hob and the cooking vessel.