Abstract: A contact grill apparatus, having at least two grill plates for laying on the food to be grilled, is designed to be particularly effective and efficient in use and easy to handle and operate. At least one of the grill plates is formed in the manner of a sandwich plate and comprises an aluminium core having at least one layer of high-grade steel on the side of the plate facing towards the food. The resulting grill surface thus has both a hard surface constitution and smoothness allowing easy cleaning, while the grill plate itself has excellent heat distribution properties.