The world of cooking is in mourning. This Saturday, December 21, a few days before Christmas, Maïté, famous TV culinary TV presenter, died at the age of 86. Fortunately, the succession is assured with his granddaughter, Camille, who has already participated in a program on M6.
In the 80s and 90s, Maïté was the star of the small screenby hosting shows like The Kitchen of the Musketeers or even At the tablewhich earned him cult sequences today. Her notoriety also led her to host programs on South Radio. In 1995, she also obtained a role in the film The Fabulous Destiny of Madame Petlet. But, for several years, the famous TV host has lived very far from the cameras. A disappearance which worried her fans, who grew up with her. Last June, Gala revealed that the former popess of French cuisine would be suffering from a neurodegenerative disease and that she lived in an EPHAD located in the Landes, his region of birth.
“She even celebrated her 86th birthday there on June 2 and allegedly received fake foie gras from the animal rights association PETA”we learned from our colleagues. On April 25, 2022, Maïté's granddaughter confided to Faustine Bollaert that her grandmother was “doing well” and that she “enjoyed his retirement”. Unfortunately, this Saturday, December 21, three days before Christmas, Philippe Etchebest's former friend died. According to information from the Actu.fr website, Marie-Thérèse Ordonez died on the night of Friday December 20 to Saturday December 21 at the age of 86, without specifying the circumstances of his death.
Death of Maïté: her granddaughter inherited her passion for cooking
Before dying, Maïté had the chance to see her granddaughter, Camille Ordonez, excel in the same art as her: cooking. “That's what she wanted me to do. Since I was five, I had to cook.”she admitted to Faustine Bollaert. In 2018, the young woman also participated in the tenth season Top Chef Objective on M6. A remarkable passage, because Philippe Etchebest instantly made the connection between the candidate and the truculent cook from Landes whom he once knew. However, his appearance on the show did not go as planned.
If the exchanges with the best worker in France were going well, the young woman, aged 17 at the time, remembered a painful memory on the set of It starts todayin 2022.”It was a little complicated during the interview. I was asked to imitate my grandmother. There was her cult phrase 'It doesn't say woodcock' and I was asked to repeat it, like her. At that moment, I understood and I said to myself: 'I only came for that, to make an audience'“she always confided to the host of France 2. A memory “wounding” for those who have since obtained their CAP cuisine, but which in no way takes away the love she will continue to have for her late grandmother.
