A household appliance , comprising: - a controller to control the operation of the household appliance in accordance with user selectable functions ; and - an input unit providing input elements that are actuatable by a user of the household appliance , the input unit being coupled to the controller ; wherein the household appliance is operable in at least a main operating mode in which functions of the household appliance are provided to a user for selection by actuation of an input element of the input unit, in a first access restricted operating mode and in a second access restricted operating mode, wherein the controller is configured to: - in the first access restricted operating mode, provide at least one user selectable function that upon selection causes the controller to operate the household appliance in a different way than the selection of any function provided in the main operating mode; - in the second access restricted operating mode, provide at least one user selectable function that upon selection causes the controller to operate the household appliance in a different way than the selection of any function provided in the main operating mode, wherein at least one of the functions provided in the second access restricted operating mode is different from the functions provided in the first access restricted operating mode; - operate the household appliance in the first access restricted operating mode upon receiving from the input unit a user input that corresponds to the actuation of one or more input elements according to a first predetermined input sequence; and - operate the household appliance in the second access restricted operating mode upon receiving from the input unit a user input that corresponds to the actuation of one or more input elements according to a second predetermined input sequence, which is different from the first predetermined input sequence wherein the first access restricted operating mode and the second access restricted operating mode provide separate function lists or partially overlapping function lists and restrict access to the respective functions to different user groups. - a controller to control the operation of the household appliance in accordance with user selectable functions ; and - an input unit providing input elements that are actuatable by a user of the household appliance , the input unit being coupled to the controller ; - in the first access restricted operating mode, provide at least one user selectable function that upon selection causes the controller to operate the household appliance in a different way than the selection of any function provided in the main operating mode; - in the second access restricted operating mode, provide at least one user selectable function that upon selection causes the controller to operate the household appliance in a different way than the selection of any function provided in the main operating mode, wherein at least one of the functions provided in the second access restricted operating mode is different from the functions provided in the first access restricted operating mode; - operate the household appliance in the first access restricted operating mode upon receiving from the input unit a user input that corresponds to the actuation of one or more input elements according to a first predetermined input sequence; and - operate the household appliance in the second access restricted operating mode upon receiving from the input unit a user input that corresponds to the actuation of one or more input elements according to a second predetermined input sequence, which is different from the first predetermined input sequence <EOS>