His children announced it to AFP. Jean-Luc Petitrenaud died this Friday January 10, 2025 at the age of 74. After starting out at Radio France and Radio Suisse Romande, the gastronomic journalist notably presented the shows “Grands gourmands” between 1997 and 2000 on France 3 as well as the shows exploring French terroir “Carte poste gourmande” and “Les escapades de Petitrenaud ” on France 5. “Tired”, in 2017 he stopped hosting this Sunday afternoon program which went to meet producers. “For twenty years I have been working twelve months out of twelve, running, discovering, sewing stories and traveling across France. I want to relax physically“, he confided to “Parisien” at the time. Carrine Teyssandier then took over until the show was stopped in 2018.
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Silver hair, small glasses and elegant suits, this familiar figure from the small screen has died.surrounded by loved ones“, declared to AFP his children Louise and Antonin Petitrenaud, who “thank the people who loved him so much during these years.” Also present on radio, Jean-Luc Petitrenaud was at the head of the show “Le bistrot du Dimanche” between 1998 and 2014 on Europe 1.
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Raised against the management of the Lagardère group after the cessation of this show in 2014, the host was ironic, declaring that his program “is perhaps a little too popular“. “Apparently today, it’s not good, we want to make a more elitist radio station. They just told me: ‘We made a mistake with this story’” he explained before ensuring that Europe 1 made the wrong decision. “I think they are the ones who have the wrong France. They will find out with audience surveys“, he said. During his career, Jean-Luc Petitrenaud also published gastronomic columns in the pages of the weekly “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.
