A method for creating at least one work process in a system of cooking devices (2, 3, 4) which each have a display and input apparatus (6, 7, 8) and are connected via a network, wherein an external display and input apparatus is connected to the network, having the following steps: (a) inputting of a recipe via one of the display and input apparatuses (6, 7, 8, 9), (b) inputting of a required quantity of foods to be cooked based on the manual input of parameters according to the selection of step (a) or by sending information from an inventory control system regarding a required quantity of foods to be cooked based on the manual input of parameters according to the selection of step (a), wherein alterations to the recipes and/or the desired quantity of foods to be cooked can preferably be effected at any time for reasons of availability or at the user's wish and can automatically be taken account of in the following steps for the required calculations, (c) processing of the input or the information from step (b) by a cooking device, taking account of cooking processes stored in the cooking device and a stored capacity of the cooking device, wherein the cooking device calculates the ideal cooking processes and required device capacities, (d) automatic creation of at least one work process schedule by means of required resources specified in the cooking device, in particular determined by energy, water, time and space in order to lead to an optimal process in energy terms and/or maximum device utilization, and (e) visualized display of the at least one produced work process schedule for the user on one of the display and input apparatuses (6, 7, 8, 9) so that it can be identified at which time the respectively required foods to be cooked have to be loaded into which cooking device(s) or have to be unloaded from the same. (a) inputting of a recipe via one of the display and input apparatuses (6, 7, 8, 9), (b) inputting of a required quantity of foods to be cooked based on the manual input of parameters according to the selection of step (a) or by sending information from an inventory control system regarding a required quantity of foods to be cooked based on the manual input of parameters according to the selection of step (a), wherein alterations to the recipes and/or the desired quantity of foods to be cooked can preferably be effected at any time for reasons of availability or at the user's wish and can automatically be taken account of in the following steps for the required calculations, (c) processing of the input or the information from step (b) by a cooking device, taking account of cooking processes stored in the cooking device and a stored capacity of the cooking device, wherein the cooking device calculates the ideal cooking processes and required device capacities, (d) automatic creation of at least one work process schedule by means of required resources specified in the cooking device, in particular determined by energy, water, time and space in order to lead to an optimal process in energy terms and/or maximum device utilization, and (e) visualized display of the at least one produced work process schedule for the user on one of the display and input apparatuses (6, 7, 8, 9) so that it can be identified at which time the respectively required foods to be cooked have to be loaded into which cooking device(s) or have to be unloaded from the same.