Cooking apparatus and method of controlling the cooking apparatus

A method of controlling a cooking apparatus comprising a cooking plate including a visual representation distinguishing a plurality of areas on a top surface of the cooking plate and a plurality of heaters installed in a cooking chamber and configured to supply heat to the plurality of areas, the plurality of heaters including a first heater parallel to the cooking plate and a second heater, comprising:

• receiving information about a cooking object including a plurality of pieces of food having different cooking conditions, the plurality of pieces of food including a first piece of the food being disposed on the first area of the plurality of areas and the second piece of the food being disposed on the second area of the plurality of areas;
• based on the information about the cooking object, determining a first heating intensity to be used to heat the first piece of the food, and a second heating intensity to be used to heat the second piece of the food;
• controlling the first heater to supply heat of the first heating intensity to the first area;
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• controlling the first heater to supply heat of the second heating intensity to the second area;
• after controlling the first heater to supply heat to the first area and the second area, respectively, controlling the second heater to supply heat to entire internal space of the cooking chamber;
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• based on a cooking completion condition being satisfied, controlling the second heater to stop supplying heat to the entire internal space of the cooking chamber.