Device and method for providing guidance for recipe

An electronic apparatus comprising:

• an input interface;
• a display;
• a communication module;
• a memory to store at least one instruction;
• and
• at least one processor, connected to the memory, to execute the at least one instruction to:
• receive a user input of inputting a first cooking element and a second cooking element through the input interface,
• send a request for at least one recommended cooking element to a server, through the communication module, based on a user input of selecting a cooking element type related to the first cooking element and the second cooking element among a plurality of cooking elements belonging to the selected cooking element type, the server having stored therein recipe information according to a recipe storage format,
• receive the at least one recommended cooking element which is set as being associated with the selected cooking element type, from the server, the at least one recommended cooking element being set as associated based on information about a relevance between the first cooking element and the plurality of cooking elements belonging to the selected cooking element type and information about a relevance between the second cooking element and the plurality of cooking elements belonging to the selected cooking element type,
• display identification information of the at least one recommended cooking element according to a recommendation order, through the display,
• receive a user input of selecting one of the at least one recommended cooking element as a third cooking element, through the input interface, and
• store the selected third cooking element as recipe information, together with the first cooking element and the second cooking element, in the memory.