An interactive information selection apparatus comprises: memory means in which all necessary information relating to at least one dish consisting of a number of components is or can be stored spread over a number of hierarchical levels; first display means for displaying in each case a list of options corresponding with one level, one of which options at a time can be selected by a user; selection means which can be operated by a user and which are adapted, after a start instruction and on the basis of menu control, to address that part of the memory containing partial information relating to the selected option; which memory means are adapted to activate the following level after addressing of the said memory part until the final level is reached and are also adapted to store each selected option; and second display means for displaying all relevant information present in the memory corresponding with all selected options.