Food cooking unit comprising: • at least one gas burner associated with an ignition source and on which a cooking zone is defined to which the at least one gas burner applies heat; • at least one thermocouple, in thermal contact with the flames that apply heat to the cooking zone, and connected to a safety electrovalve through a relay, which in turn is connected to an electronic control device which is configured to detect the signal transmitted by said thermocouple through said relay, to close a gas flow in the event of extinguishing the flames that apply heat to the cooking zone; wherein the electronic control device stores different regulation programs of the safety electrovalve and is configured to close the safety electrovalve in application of one of the regulation programs and to emit warnings in response to signals from the thermocouple corresponding to a signal to close the safety valve; wherein the food cooking unit further comprises: • at least one infrared sensor being implemented at the upper end of an arm, said infrared sensor being located above and focused towards said cooking zone for remote detection of the temperature of a food cooked in said cooking zone, connected to the electronic control device and including a thermal protection screen, made of an infrared transparent element, between said at least one infrared sensor and the cooking zone, protecting the infrared sensor against heat or flames from the cooking zone; • at least one regulation electrovalve that regulates a gas flow supplied to each gas burner; wherein the electronic control device is further configured to regulate said at least one regulation electrovalve in response to the signals obtained from the infrared sensor or in application of one of regulation programs of the said at least one regulation electrovalve in response to the signals obtained from the infrared sensor. • at least one gas burner associated with an ignition source and on which a cooking zone is defined to which the at least one gas burner applies heat; • at least one thermocouple, in thermal contact with the flames that apply heat to the cooking zone, and connected to a safety electrovalve through a relay, which in turn is connected to an electronic control device which is configured to detect the signal transmitted by said thermocouple through said relay, to close a gas flow in the event of extinguishing the flames that apply heat to the cooking zone; wherein the electronic control device stores different regulation programs of the safety electrovalve and is configured to close the safety electrovalve in application of one of the regulation programs and to emit warnings in response to signals from the thermocouple corresponding to a signal to close the safety valve; wherein the food cooking unit further comprises: • at least one infrared sensor being implemented at the upper end of an arm, said infrared sensor being located above and focused towards said cooking zone for remote detection of the temperature of a food cooked in said cooking zone, connected to the electronic control device and including a thermal protection screen, made of an infrared transparent element, between said at least one infrared sensor and the cooking zone, protecting the infrared sensor against heat or flames from the cooking zone; • at least one regulation electrovalve that regulates a gas flow supplied to each gas burner; • at least one infrared sensor being implemented at the upper end of an arm, said infrared sensor being located above and focused towards said cooking zone for remote detection of the temperature of a food cooked in said cooking zone, connected to the electronic control device and including a thermal protection screen, made of an infrared transparent element, between said at least one infrared sensor and the cooking zone, protecting the infrared sensor against heat or flames from the cooking zone; • at least one regulation electrovalve that regulates a gas flow supplied to each gas burner; wherein the electronic control device is further configured to regulate said at least one regulation electrovalve in response to the signals obtained from the infrared sensor or in application of one of regulation programs of the said at least one regulation electrovalve in response to the signals obtained from the infrared sensor.