Method for displaying an operating menu and activating a cooking appliance

In a method of displaying at least one operating menu of a cooking appliance on a touchscreen and of controlling the cooking appliance, provision is made that in the first menu level, a first overview field of at least one cooking chamber defined by a flat heating surface, on which food to be cooked can be placed or poured, and having directly selectable areas of the cooking chamber in the first menu level for separate activation, and, additionally, a second overview field having different predefined cooking chamber subdivisions and/or a third overview field having a plurality of different cooking applications and/or a fourth overview field having different, predefined cooking chamber subdivisions with already allocated cooking applications are displayed at the same time.