A cooking apparatus comprising: a cooking plate; induction heating coils installed under the cooking plate; a vessel sensor configured to detect a cooking vessel while the cooking vessel is placed on the cooking plate; a driving assembly (321, 322, 323, 324) including a driving circuit configured to generate a driving current and distribute the driving current to each of the induction heating coils; and a sub assembly including a vessel sensing circuit configured to determine one or more of the induction heating coils that overlap with the cooking vessel based on an output of the vessel sensor, wherein the sub assembly is separated from the driving assembly (321, 322, 323, 324), characterized in that the induction heating coils are first induction heating coils, the driving assembly (321, 322, 323, 324) is a first driving assembly and the driving circuit is a first driving circuit to generate the driving current as a first driving current, and the cooking apparatus further comprises: second induction heating coils installed under the cooking plate; and a second driving assembly separated from the first driving assembly and including a second driving circuit configured to generate a second driving current and distribute the second driving current to each of the second induction heating coils, and the sub assembly is disposed between the first driving assembly and the second driving assembly. a cooking plate; induction heating coils installed under the cooking plate; a vessel sensor configured to detect a cooking vessel while the cooking vessel is placed on the cooking plate; a driving assembly (321, 322, 323, 324) including a driving circuit configured to generate a driving current and distribute the driving current to each of the induction heating coils; and a sub assembly including a vessel sensing circuit configured to determine one or more of the induction heating coils that overlap with the cooking vessel based on an output of the vessel sensor, wherein the sub assembly is separated from the driving assembly (321, 322, 323, 324), characterized in that the induction heating coils are first induction heating coils, the driving assembly (321, 322, 323, 324) is a first driving assembly and the driving circuit is a first driving circuit to generate the driving current as a first driving current, and the cooking apparatus further comprises: second induction heating coils installed under the cooking plate; and a second driving assembly separated from the first driving assembly and including a second driving circuit configured to generate a second driving current and distribute the second driving current to each of the second induction heating coils, and the sub assembly is disposed between the first driving assembly and the second driving assembly. second induction heating coils installed under the cooking plate; and a second driving assembly separated from the first driving assembly and including a second driving circuit configured to generate a second driving current and distribute the second driving current to each of the second induction heating coils, and the sub assembly is disposed between the first driving assembly and the second driving assembly.