An induction heating apparatus comprising: a top plate on which a cooking container for heating materials to be cooked is placed; a plurality of heating coils configured to generate an induction magnetic field for heating the cooking container, a heating controller portion configured to control high-frequency currents of the heating coils and control heating electric power of the cooking container; at least one or more temperature detector means configured to be disposed at the center or in the vicinity of the heating coils and detect the temperature of the cooking container; a cooking container detector portion configured to supply the heating coils with a high-frequency current in predetermined time intervals and determine the placement state and the material of the cooking container present immediately above each of the heating coils; and an operation portion, wherein in case that the cooking container detector portion detects the cooking containers of the same material immediately above the heating coils adjacent to each other, the cooking container detector portion is configured to judge that the cooking containers are the same one cooking container and determine the size and the shape of the cooking container, and the operation portion is configured to display in a placement state display area a cooking container icon (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e, 11f, 11g, 11h) corresponding to the size and the shape determined by the cooking container detector portion, characterized in that the operation portion is configured to further display in a menu selection area one or more cooking menu icons, each cooking menu icon representing a cooking menu adapted to the size and the shape of the cooking container determined by the cooking container detector portion and to the disposition of the temperature detector means, and when the cooking menu icon is operated, the heating controller portion starts cooking of the cooking menu so as to heat the cooking container. a top plate on which a cooking container for heating materials to be cooked is placed; a plurality of heating coils configured to generate an induction magnetic field for heating the cooking container, a heating controller portion configured to control high-frequency currents of the heating coils and control heating electric power of the cooking container; at least one or more temperature detector means configured to be disposed at the center or in the vicinity of the heating coils and detect the temperature of the cooking container; a cooking container detector portion configured to supply the heating coils with a high-frequency current in predetermined time intervals and determine the placement state and the material of the cooking container present immediately above each of the heating coils; and an operation portion, wherein in case that the cooking container detector portion detects the cooking containers of the same material immediately above the heating coils adjacent to each other, the cooking container detector portion is configured to judge that the cooking containers are the same one cooking container and determine the size and the shape of the cooking container, and the operation portion is configured to display in a placement state display area a cooking container icon (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e, 11f, 11g, 11h) corresponding to the size and the shape determined by the cooking container detector portion, characterized in that the operation portion is configured to further display in a menu selection area one or more cooking menu icons, each cooking menu icon representing a cooking menu adapted to the size and the shape of the cooking container determined by the cooking container detector portion and to the disposition of the temperature detector means, and when the cooking menu icon is operated, the heating controller portion starts cooking of the cooking menu so as to heat the cooking container.