A cooking apparatus (1) including an electric heater (30) which prevents a top casing part (24) from becoming excessively hot. The cooking apparatus has a grill part (10) to cook food thereon and an electric heater (30) to cook the food and includes a grill housing (20) having a main casing (31) with an opening therein coupled with the grill part (10) and the top casing (23) provided around an upper edge of the main casing (31).