The invention provides a cooking bench suitable for the old. The cooking bench comprises a liftable cooking bench body. The liftable cooking bench body comprises a vegetable washing area, a material placing area and a cooking area. The vegetable washing area can be used as a vegetable cutting area and can extend into the material placing area in a telescopic mode. A cooked food outward taking assisting device is arranged at the cooking area. The cooking bench comprises the vegetable washing area, the placing area and the cooking area, so that the neatness of the cooking bench is further improved, and the problem that a cooking bench is messy in the prior art is solved. The height of the cooking bench can be adjusted according to requirements through the lifting mechanism, so that people with different heights can use the cooking bench. The vegetable washing area can be arranged at the lower end of the material placing area, so that the using space of a kitchen is further improved. Thelower end of a fixing column is provided with trundles so as to ensure the smooth contraction of the vegetable washing area. Through assisting devices, it is ensured that old people can smoothly takecooked vegetables out, and the problem that the cooked vegetables are difficult to take out because a pot is too heavy is solved. The operation is simple, and the practicability is high.