An induction heating appliance for cooking which comprises: a body comprising a front surface; a light transmittable top plate provided a top of the body and having a heating area for heating an article to be heated with the latter placed thereon; a heating coil (6, 8) disposed within the body and below the top plate in face-to-face relation with the heating area for generating magnetic fields necessary to induction heat the article to be heated; an infrared sensor disposed below the top plate for detecting infrared rays of light; a light emitting element disposed below the top plate; and a control means for controlling an output of the heating coil (6, 8) based on an output signal from the infrared sensor, wherein the induction heating appliance comprises a cylindrical light guide portion for guiding the infrared rays of light, emitted from the article to be heated, towards the infrared sensor; and for guiding light emitted from the light emitting element into the top plate, wherein the top plate is provided with an infrared incident region positioned immediately above an upper opening of the light guide portion to guide the infrared rays of light, emitted from the article to be heated, towards the light guide portion, characterized in that the infrared incident region of the top plate is positioned immediately above a position between outermost coil and innermost coil of the heating coil (6, 8) and on a straight line extending in a forward and rearward direction of the body and passing across a center of the heating coil (6, 8), when viewed from above the body, or its proximity and offset forwardly from the center of the heating coil (6, 8), so that rays of light emanating from the light emitting element are emitted within the infrared incident region to allow the rays of light to be noticed within the heating area when viewed from above the body. a body comprising a front surface; a light transmittable top plate provided a top of the body and having a heating area for heating an article to be heated with the latter placed thereon; a heating coil (6, 8) disposed within the body and below the top plate in face-to-face relation with the heating area for generating magnetic fields necessary to induction heat the article to be heated; an infrared sensor disposed below the top plate for detecting infrared rays of light; a light emitting element disposed below the top plate; and a control means for controlling an output of the heating coil (6, 8) based on an output signal from the infrared sensor, wherein the induction heating appliance comprises a cylindrical light guide portion for guiding the infrared rays of light, emitted from the article to be heated, towards the infrared sensor; and for guiding light emitted from the light emitting element into the top plate, wherein the top plate is provided with an infrared incident region positioned immediately above an upper opening of the light guide portion to guide the infrared rays of light, emitted from the article to be heated, towards the light guide portion, characterized in that the infrared incident region of the top plate is positioned immediately above a position between outermost coil and innermost coil of the heating coil (6, 8) and on a straight line extending in a forward and rearward direction of the body and passing across a center of the heating coil (6, 8), when viewed from above the body, or its proximity and offset forwardly from the center of the heating coil (6, 8), so that rays of light emanating from the light emitting element are emitted within the infrared incident region to allow the rays of light to be noticed within the heating area when viewed from above the body.