cooktop 30 and in this way leads to all the gas burner modules 11 a 11 d in addition said gallery pipe has in front of its connection to the first gas burner module 11 d a main valve 35 which is connected to the main valve control means on the power supply unit 32 this main valve 35 can be electronically actuated and ensures that the gallery pipe 33 and therefore the gas supply are as it were shut off if the gas cooktop 30 is switched off it is clear how the gas burner modules 11 c and 11 d are connected to the gallery pipe 33 by means of the respective gas connections 17 and the fastening clips 18 in this case the above described centering pipes 29 extend through the corresponding openings into the gallery pipe 33 with this connection being sealed off gas tight the control means 27 has the electronic components for ignition ignition monitoring gas valve control and communication with a superordinate control means or operator control device 31 to this end said control means can have at least one microcontroller advantageously with class c software the operator control part the main valve control means and the gas burner modules 11 communicate by means of a bus connection which is designed to be failsafe.