she killed an eel with a rolling pin on TV, a cult scene

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Maïtéthe famous cook, died on the night of Friday December 20 to Saturday December 21, 2024, according to information from our local, news Landes. This native of Rion-des-Landes (Landes), whose real name is Marie-Thérèse Ordonez, was 86 years old.

She had become very famous throughout France, in the show “The Kitchen of the Musketeers”broadcast in the 1980s on France 3. It was particularly during this period, recently derided by Jérôme Commandeur on Canal + in “The Magical World of Jérôme Commandeur”, that Maïté had killed a eel with the strength of his hands.

A cult moment

A scene from another time, but a legendary scene which had propelled Maïté into a true star of French cuisine. “So, they’re alive?” », asked Micheline Banzet, his lifelong sidekick, at the time.

Marie-Thérèse Ordonez, equipped with her rolling pin, began to hit an eel while commenting: “Come here my darling. » With the animal's head held in a cloth, it hits the animals live in front of the television cameras. France 3.

A multiple life

Several times, Maïté hits the eel until she kills it. “There you go my dear, you are going to sleep now”she finally blurted out. A scene that has become cult. Today, and that's good, we would no longer kill an animal live on TV.

At the start of her life, Maïté worked as an announcer for the SNCF. Trumpet in handshe warned the railway workers that a train was approaching, as can be seen in this video from theWHEN.

She was spotted by television in 1983 while a report was being filmed within the Rion-des-Landes rugby club.

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