Abstract: The invention relates to a cooking appliance (1) and a method for the preparation of a food product. The cooking appliance (1) comprises at least one or more cooking zones (2), a control unit (3), a storage unit (5) and a voice communication device (4). The control unit (3) and/or the voice communication device (4) is/are configured to identify the user based on a voice of the user as received by the voice communication device (4). The control unit (3) is configured to associate a respective user profile and the respective cooking settings and/or the respective cooking parameters and/or the respective cooking recipes and/or the respective cooking programs as stored in the storage unit (5) to the user and to control the one or more cooking zones (2) as a function of the user profile and the respective cooking settings and/or the respective cooking parameters and/or the respective cooking recipes and/or the respective cooking programs.