The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of enhancing reproducibility of a finish of a dish.

An information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present technology performs: holding recipe data including at least information indicating a content of cooking work and information indicating a target state, for each of a plurality of cooking steps in which the target state is individually defined by a value of a target parameter including a parameter based on sensor data measurable at a time of cooking; and controlling the cooking work on the basis of the recipe data until a state of cooking in each of the cooking steps reaches a state defined as the target state. The present technology can be applied to a system that assists cooking in a kitchen.

The present disclosure provides a control method and a control device of a cooking appliance and a cooking appliance, and the control method of the cooking appliance comprises: under the condition that the temperature of food is larger than or equal to a preset temperature, controlling the cooking appliance to conduct microwave heating to food; obtaining at least one first parameter value of the food; under the condition of obtaining a first preset parameter value in the at least one first parameter value, stopping conducting microwave heating to the food; controlling the cooking appliance to perform hot air heating to the food; obtaining at least one second parameter value of the food; and under the condition that the at least one second parameter value reaches a second preset parameter value corresponding to the food, stopping conducting hot air heating to the food.