This Saturday, December 21, Maïté's death was made official. The famous cook delighted viewers for many years and among them, there was her husband, Jean-Pierre Ordonez known as “Pierrot”.
It is sad news that was announced this Saturday, December 21, since Maïté died at the age of 86, according to information fromNews Landes confirmed by RTL. It is thanks to her cooking skills that she became a real star of the small screen. Originally from Landes, she joins France 3 Aquitaine to host the show The Kitchen of the Musketeers. The success was so immense that she left the regional broadcast to go national. Maïté did not host this show alone, since she was paired with Micheline Banzet-Lawton. Together, they formed a fantastic duo behind the stove! In August 2020, the cook died at the age of 96. A hard blow for Maïté who experienced another very difficult moment two weeks later, since she lost her husband, Jean-Pierre Ordonez, whom everyone nicknamed Pierrot. His death occurred after long months spent in a nursing home.
Who was Pierrot, Maïté’s husband?
Like Maïté, Jean-Pierre Ordonez was also from Landes. According to Southwestthe couple had known each other forever, sinceThey met for the first time at the primary school in their town. But it was not until years later that they became a couple. Maïté and Pierrot had been married since 1958 and the more the years passed, the more they fell in love with each other. Their only son, Serge, died in 2013 from cancer.
Maïté wanted to enjoy her retirement with her family
After the liquidation of her restaurant two years later, Maïté became much more discreet. His granddaughter, Camille seen in Objective Top Chefhad confided last June to Current Woman : “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. It is a desire on her part to fade away as she does, she no longer has the same centers of interest. She prefers to stay with family. A few days ago, we were all together for his birthday, we had a lovely day. That’s what matters to my grandmother.”
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