In a method of cooking food in a cooking device, an operator is able to select a specific cooking process from a multitude of predefined automated cooking processes and/or manually select parameters for a manual cooking process, at least one significant cooking process parameter being continuously logged in a memory by a control unit of the cooking device from the start of the cooking process, and it being possible for the operator to change from a manual cooking process to an automated cooking process, and vice versa. Also provided is a cooking device for cooking food, having a control unit including a memory for at least one significant cooking process parameter, and the operating unit offering a changeover switch by which the operator can change from an automated cooking process to a manual cooking process, and vice versa.
