REFRIGERATOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR

Provided is a refrigerator including a refrigerator compartment, a dairy product maker provided inside the refrigerator compartment, a control panel configured to receive a control command for the dairy product maker from a user and display a state of the dairy product maker, and a controller configured to control the dairy product maker based on the control command, wherein the dairy product maker includes a container to store milk or a dairy product, a heater configured to heat the milk stored in the container, a wind-blowing fan configured to supply cool air inside the refrigerator compartment to the container, and a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the dairy product maker, and the controller operates the heater for a preset fermentation period in response to the control command, turns off the heater and turns on the wind-blowing fan to cool down the container after a lapse of the preset fermentation period, and turns off the wind-blowing fan upon completion of cooling down of the container.