The present application relates to a method, apparatus, computer device and storage medium for controlling a cooking device. The method includes: scanning a coded pattern preset on a to-be-cooked food to obtain to-be-cooked food information characterizing the to-be-cooked food; sending a standby instruction to the cooking device when the to-be-cooked food information meets a preset standby condition, so as to bring the cooking device into a standby state; sending a cooking instruction to the cooking device when the cooking device is in the standby state and the preset cooking condition is met, so as to control the cooking device to cook the to-be-cooked food; and receiving state information fed back by the cooking device, wherein the state information is configured to characterize the cooking state of the cooking device.