Method for controlling a cooking hob by means of a portable device in which instructions for the cooking hob are programmed, said instructions being transmitted to said cooking hob and being a single order or a sequence of orders for being executed successively or in parallel in the cooking hob for controlling at least one functional element of said cooking hob, characterized in that the method comprises the steps of: S1) a user programming in the portable device the instructions to be transmitted to the cooking hob, S2) the user validating in the portable device the programmed instructions, S3) establishing a pairing between the cooking hob and the portable device when the cooking hob and the portable device are turned on, the pairing being configured for allowing communication between said cooking hob and said portable device, S4) outputting a pairing established notification in the cooking hob, S5) requesting the instructions validated in the portable device, by means of the user acting on the cooking hob, after outputting the pairing established notification, S6) automatically transmitting the instructions programmed and validated in the portable device, from said portable device to said cooking hob, after receiving the instruction request in said portable device, and S7) automatically executing in the cooking hob the instructions received in the cooking hob from the portable device, where steps S1 and S2 can be executed before, during, or after step S3, characterised in that the programmed and validated instructions are transmitted only if, in addition, the time elapsed between the validation of the instructions programmed in the portable device and the reception of the instruction request in said portable device is less than a predetermined transmission time (t trans), the method further comprising a cancellation step for cancelling the instructions validated in the portable device if the transmission time (t trans) has elapsed. S1) a user programming in the portable device the instructions to be transmitted to the cooking hob, S2) the user validating in the portable device the programmed instructions, S3) establishing a pairing between the cooking hob and the portable device when the cooking hob and the portable device are turned on, the pairing being configured for allowing communication between said cooking hob and said portable device, S4) outputting a pairing established notification in the cooking hob, S5) requesting the instructions validated in the portable device, by means of the user acting on the cooking hob, after outputting the pairing established notification, S6) automatically transmitting the instructions programmed and validated in the portable device, from said portable device to said cooking hob, after receiving the instruction request in said portable device, and S7) automatically executing in the cooking hob the instructions received in the cooking hob from the portable device, where steps S1 and S2 can be executed before, during, or after step S3, characterised in that the programmed and validated instructions are transmitted only if, in addition, the time elapsed between the validation of the instructions programmed in the portable device and the reception of the instruction request in said portable device is less than a predetermined transmission time (t trans), the method further comprising a cancellation step for cancelling the instructions validated in the portable device if the transmission time (t trans) has elapsed.