Apparatus for cooking food comprising a housing having a grill to receive food to be cooked, a heat reflecting element disposed beneath the grill to reflect heat generated by a heater adjacent to the heat reflecting element towards the food and at least one fan for cooling the heat reflecting element. Furthermore, an airflow path is in the housing adjacent to the heat reflecting element so that, when the fan is operational, air flows through along the airflow path to cool the heat reflecting element.
