the iconic presenter died at 86

On the night of Friday December 20 to Saturday December 21, Maïté, known for cooking on the small screen, died at the age of 86, according to information from News Landes.

Sad news. Maïté, the famous small screen cook, died at the age of 86 on the night of Friday December 20 to Saturday December 21, according to information fromNews Landes confirmed by RTL. Her real name Marie-Thérèse Ordonez, she highlighted southwestern cuisine through her recipes on the small screen. This is notably thanks to his show entitled The kitchen of the musketeersbroadcast on FR 3, from 1993 to 1997 that she became known for her generous gastronomy and her memorable accent.

Born in Rion-des-Landes on June 2, 1938, it was however far from the kitchens where she started since she worked as an announcer for the SNCF. Passionate about cooking, she started by making meals for the rugby players in her village, before becoming famous thanks to a sports report dating from 1983. Alongside her cooking show, she opened her first restaurant in 1988. Then from 1995 to 1999, she presented another cult cooking show called. At the table. Her notoriety also led her to host shows on South Radio. In 1995, the host even got the title role in the film The Fabulous Destiny of Madame Petlet. She also participated in the reality TV game Celebrity Farm on TF1. Wanting to pass on her knowledge of cooking, she had also written several books, such as Maïté sits down at the table, before retiring in the 2000s.

Maïté: when the mystery hovered around his state of health

In 2018, Liberation wrote: “there is a Maïté mystery ”. Because, in recent years, she has had to face terrible ordeals, such as the death of her only son, Serge, in 2013, followed by the judicial liquidation of her restaurant in 2015. “This media side has passed him by. In 2010, she chose to retire and be quiet”, revealed his granddaughter, Camille Ordonez, on the set of the show It starts today, broadcast on France 2 in 2022. Concerning her state of health, the young woman assured that she would “Alright”. “She is enjoying her retirement with us, still in her village of Rion-des-Landes (in the southwest of France),” she said. However, in June 2023, the media News Landes had indicated that Maïté was “suffering from an illness neurodegenerative” and that she was now living in an EHPAD.