Provided is a method for frying food that comprises mixing said food with a fatty material in a cooking housing in association with the ventilation of said cooking housing and the heating of said cooking housing heating means capable of heating by radiation. The method comprises limiting the exposure of the food to the radiation of the heating means during an initial food drying and cooking step, and increasing the exposure of the food to the radiation of the heating means during a following food colouring step. The cooking apparatus comprising a cooking housing associated with food mixing means, with heating means capable of heating by radiation and with ventilation means, and to means for modulating the exposure of the food to the radiation of the heating means.
