The gastronomic journalist Jean-Luc Petitrenaud, who for 11 years presented the TV shows “Carte poste gourmande” and “Les escapades de Petitrenaud”, died Friday in Paris at the age of 74, his children announced AFP. His death comes three weeks after that of Maïté, another pillar of television cooking, at the age of 86.
With silver hair, small glasses and elegant suits, Jean-Luc Petitrenaud presented the program “Carte poste gourmande” on the public TV channel France 5 from 2000 to 2006, then “Les escapades de Petitrenaud” from 2006.
The gastronomic critic decided to leave the presentation in 2017, saying he was tired. “It was a form of weariness, it’s for very personal reasons,” he explained in the C8 show “L’instant De Luxe” in 2019.
On the radio, he notably presented “Le bistrot du Dimanche” on Europe 1 from 1998 to 2014. At the turn of the 90s and 2000s, he also wrote gastronomic reviews in “L’Express”.
Originally from Clermont-Ferrand, Jean-Luc Petitrenaud had in his youth trained in boilermaking, been a specialized educator and took lessons at Annie Fratellini’s circus school, as a clown. He then devoted himself to cooking, on which he published numerous books.
“Screwed in the kitchen, we watched with complicity the circle of pots which outlined the contours of supper,” he wrote in his book of memories “Bienvenue chez moi” in 2016.
“On Sunday evening, we finished the fatty rice which had dressed the roast beef at lunchtime. Ah! this crispy rice, dazzled with butter, which sings in the mouth!”, he continued, saluting “the imagination of the housewives of this era” like his grandmother Louise: “Three times nothing and paradise opens its doors”.
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