Cooking apparatus

A cooking apparatus to supply a seasoning liquid to be included in a food and drink product to a container, the cooking apparatus comprising:

• an acquisition component configured to acquire order information indicating a content of each order for the food and drink product;
• a condition determination component configured to determine a supply condition of the seasoning liquid, based on the order information;
• a supply unit configured to supply a predetermined liquid volume of the seasoning liquid to the container, based on the supply condition;
• and
• an operation control component configured to control operation of the supply unit, wherein
• the supply unit includes:
• an acquisition path configured to acquire the seasoning liquid from a reserve tank that reserves the seasoning liquid;
• a return path configured to return the seasoning liquid from the acquisition path to the reserve tank;
• a supply path configured to supply the seasoning liquid from the acquisition path to the container;
• a connection switch unit configured to switch connection among the acquisition path, the return path, and the supply path by being controlled by the operation control component;
• and
• a pump attached to the acquisition path and configured to discharge the seasoning liquid, and
• the operation control component controls, when the seasoning liquid is supplied to the container, operation of the connection switch unit so as to connect the acquisition path to the supply path, and controls, when the seasoning liquid is not supplied to the container, the operation of the connection switch unit so as to connect the acquisition path to the return path,
• and intermittently operates the pump and/or controls operation of the pump such that a discharge amount of the pump is lower than the discharge amount of the pump when the seasoning liquid is supplied to the container.