A method for controlling a cooker is provided that may include receiving via a user input a selection of a menu in which one of a manual cooking mode or an automatic cooking mode may be selected and a cooking start signal, determining via the controller whether a type of dish to be cooked requires a user operation in which, when the automatic cooking mode is selected, whether an input type of dish to be cooked requires a manual user operation during cooking is determined and performing via the controller a user operation mode in which, when it is determined, in the determining of whether the type of dish to be cooked requires a user operation, that the type of dish to be cooked requires the manual user operation, the user is informed of a time point at which a predetermined user operation has to be performed.
