A cooking apparatus comprising: a cooking plate including a plurality of heating areas (110-1, 110-2, 110-3); a plurality of induction coils (120, 120-1, 120-2, 120-3) that are included in locations corresponding to each of the plurality of heating areas (110-1, 110-2, 110-3) in the lower part of the cooking plate; a driver supplying currents to each of the plurality of induction coils (120, 120-1, 120-2, 120-3); and a processor configured to: based on receiving a user instruction for turning on a second heating area (110-1, 110-2) among the plurality of heating areas (110-1, 110-2, 110-3) being received while a first heating area (110-1, 110-2, 110-3) among the plurality of heating areas (110-1, 110-2, 110-3) is turned on, stop the supply of a current to a first induction coil (120, 120-1, 120-2, 120-3) corresponding to the first heating area (110-1, 110-2, 110-3) among the plurality of induction coils (120, 120-1, 120-2, 120-3) during a threshold time, characterised in that, the processor is further configured to: while both of the first heating area (110-1, 110-2, 110-3) and the second heating area (110-1, 110-2) are turned on, control the driver to adjust a strength of at least one of a first current or a second current such that a difference between the strength of the first current supplied to the first induction coil (120, 120-1, 120-2, 120-3) and the strength of the second current supplied to a second induction coil corresponding to the second heating area (110-1, 110-2) is within a threshold range. a cooking plate including a plurality of heating areas (110-1, 110-2, 110-3); a plurality of induction coils (120, 120-1, 120-2, 120-3) that are included in locations corresponding to each of the plurality of heating areas (110-1, 110-2, 110-3) in the lower part of the cooking plate; a driver supplying currents to each of the plurality of induction coils (120, 120-1, 120-2, 120-3); and a processor configured to: based on receiving a user instruction for turning on a second heating area (110-1, 110-2) among the plurality of heating areas (110-1, 110-2, 110-3) being received while a first heating area (110-1, 110-2, 110-3) among the plurality of heating areas (110-1, 110-2, 110-3) is turned on, stop the supply of a current to a first induction coil (120, 120-1, 120-2, 120-3) corresponding to the first heating area (110-1, 110-2, 110-3) among the plurality of induction coils (120, 120-1, 120-2, 120-3) during a threshold time, characterised in that, the processor is further configured to: while both of the first heating area (110-1, 110-2, 110-3) and the second heating area (110-1, 110-2) are turned on, control the driver to adjust a strength of at least one of a first current or a second current such that a difference between the strength of the first current supplied to the first induction coil (120, 120-1, 120-2, 120-3) and the strength of the second current supplied to a second induction coil corresponding to the second heating area (110-1, 110-2) is within a threshold range. based on receiving a user instruction for turning on a second heating area (110-1, 110-2) among the plurality of heating areas (110-1, 110-2, 110-3) being received while a first heating area (110-1, 110-2, 110-3) among the plurality of heating areas (110-1, 110-2, 110-3) is turned on, stop the supply of a current to a first induction coil (120, 120-1, 120-2, 120-3) corresponding to the first heating area (110-1, 110-2, 110-3) among the plurality of induction coils (120, 120-1, 120-2, 120-3) during a threshold time, characterised in that, the processor is further configured to: while both of the first heating area (110-1, 110-2, 110-3) and the second heating area (110-1, 110-2) are turned on, control the driver to adjust a strength of at least one of a first current or a second current such that a difference between the strength of the first current supplied to the first induction coil (120, 120-1, 120-2, 120-3) and the strength of the second current supplied to a second induction coil corresponding to the second heating area (110-1, 110-2) is within a threshold range.