On the night of Friday December 20 to Saturday December 21, Maïté died at the age of 86, according to media information News Landes. Asked by Current woman in 2019, her granddaughter spoke about the reasons which pushed the famous cook to stop her activities on television.
Sad news. Maïté, television figure of the 80s and 90s, died on the night of Friday December 20 to Saturday December 21 at the age of 86, according to information fromNews Landesconfirmed by RTL. Real name Marie-Thérèse Ordonez, she made her mark on the small screen thanks to her cooking shows in which she shared her local recipes with viewers. She notably presented The Musketeers' Kitchen from 1983 to 1997 on FR 3Then At the table from 1997 to 1999.
Subsequently, she also presented programs on South Radio. In 1995, the cook from Landes even obtained a role in the film The Fabulous Destiny of Madame Petlet. She then gave the answer to Michèle Laroque, Charles Berling, Bernard Montiel and even Richard Guedj. Maïté's life has also been crossed by terrible trials, such as the death of her son Serge in 2013. Two years later, this time she had to face the liquidation of her restaurant.
Why did Maïté decide to withdraw from the media scene?
Since the mid-2000s, Maïté had no longer spoken in the media and had completely disappeared from the radar. A deliberate choice for the cook who wanted to enjoy her retirement, as her granddaughter Camille explained in 2019. “She is doing well, enjoying her retirement and her family. She no longer wants to answer interviews or do television, it's no longer her thing“had confided the former candidate of Top chef during an interview given to Current Woman. According to Camille, her grandmother no longer thrived in the television industry.
“This media side passed to her. In 2010, she chose to retire and be quiet”she also revealed on the set of the show It starts today. “She is enjoying her retirement with us, still in her village of Rion-des-Landes (in the southwest of France)”Camille had specified. In 2023, News Landes had however indicated that Maïté was “suffering from a neurodegenerative disease” and that she now resided in an EHPAD. An unforgettable TV personality.
