An induction heating cooker comprising: a body forming an outer contour; a top plate disposed on an upper surface of the body for placing an object to be heated; a plurality of heating coils (3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) arranged under the top plate to heat the object to be heated through induction heating; an inverter circuit adapted to supply a high-frequency current to the plurality of the heating coils (3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d); a load detecting section adapted to detect that an object to be heated is placed immediately above via the top plate for each of the plurality of the heating coils (3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d); an operation section (7, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d) operated by a user, the operation section (7, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d) disposed with an individual area corresponding to each of the plurality of the heating coils (3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d); a displaying section (9, 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d) adapted to display a selection state of each of the plurality of the heating coils (3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d); an operation detecting section (8, 8a, 8b, 8c) adapted to output in accordance with an operation to the operation section (7, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d) a detection signal of an operation to the individual areas of the operation section (7, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d); and a control section adapted to control operations of the inverter circuit, the load detecting section, and the displaying section (9, 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d), characterized in that the operation detecting section (8, 8a, 8b, 8c) is adapted to output to the control section, based on operations onto location among contiguous two or more of the respective areas within the operation section (7, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d), the detection signals indicative of a selection of two or more heating coils (3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d), which correspond respectively to two or more of the respective areas, out of the plurality of heating coils (3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d), the control section is adapted to instruct the load detecting section to detect that an object to be heated is placed immediately above only for the selected heating coil (3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) indicated by the detection signal, and the control section is adapted to instruct the displaying section (9, 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d) to perform the display of the selection state of each of the plurality of the heating coils (3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) in the vicinity of the individual area of the operation section (7, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d) corresponding to the selected heating coil (3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) indicated by the detection signal. a body forming an outer contour; a top plate disposed on an upper surface of the body for placing an object to be heated; a plurality of heating coils (3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) arranged under the top plate to heat the object to be heated through induction heating; an inverter circuit adapted to supply a high-frequency current to the plurality of the heating coils (3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d); a load detecting section adapted to detect that an object to be heated is placed immediately above via the top plate for each of the plurality of the heating coils (3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d); an operation section (7, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d) operated by a user, the operation section (7, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d) disposed with an individual area corresponding to each of the plurality of the heating coils (3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d); a displaying section (9, 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d) adapted to display a selection state of each of the plurality of the heating coils (3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d); an operation detecting section (8, 8a, 8b, 8c) adapted to output in accordance with an operation to the operation section (7, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d) a detection signal of an operation to the individual areas of the operation section (7, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d); and a control section adapted to control operations of the inverter circuit, the load detecting section, and the displaying section (9, 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d), characterized in that the operation detecting section (8, 8a, 8b, 8c) is adapted to output to the control section, based on operations onto location among contiguous two or more of the respective areas within the operation section (7, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d), the detection signals indicative of a selection of two or more heating coils (3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d), which correspond respectively to two or more of the respective areas, out of the plurality of heating coils (3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d), the control section is adapted to instruct the load detecting section to detect that an object to be heated is placed immediately above only for the selected heating coil (3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) indicated by the detection signal, and the control section is adapted to instruct the displaying section (9, 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d) to perform the display of the selection state of each of the plurality of the heating coils (3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) in the vicinity of the individual area of the operation section (7, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d) corresponding to the selected heating coil (3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) indicated by the detection signal.