Cooking appliance having a camera device

A cooking appliance, comprising:

• a housing having a cooking chamber delimited by a housing wall and a first viewing opening in the housing wall arranged above the cooking chamber;
• a camera device arranged above the first viewing opening, the camera device comprising an image sensor and a lens, the lens defining an optical axis for observing the cooking chamber;
• a heating device configured to heat food to be cooked placed in the cooking chamber and/or a high-frequency generator configured to heat food to be cooked placed in the cooking chamber by microwave radiation;
• and
• a shielding channel extending between the camera device and the first viewing opening so as to shield the camera device from heat and/or microwave radiation,
• wherein the first viewing opening is covered by a first viewing pane, and a second viewing pane is arranged at an upper end of the shielding channel,
• wherein an air chamber is formed between the shielding channel and the camera device,
• wherein an air supply configured to supply cooling air into the air chamber is arranged on the air chamber,
• wherein the air supply comprises a nozzle, and
• wherein the lens is at least partially arranged in the air chamber.