Death of Maïté: who was her husband and father of her late son Serge ?

We don't know much about life private funeral of the late Maïté Who was the man who shared the story? its life ?

© Bestimage Maïté, the most famous gastronome on French television

IN BRIEF

• Maïté, real name Marie-Thér& egrave;se Ordonez, died on the night of December 20 to 21, as announced by ActuLandes.fr and confirmed by RTL and France 3 Nouvelle Aquitaine.
• After a television career on France Tél&amp ;eacute;visions, Maïté had retired to Rion-des-Landes after opening a restaurant in Occitanie.
• Discover the moving story of Maï té, marked by personal dramas and an emblematic culinary career.

The sad news was announced by the online media ActuLandes.fr. “Maïté whose real name is Marie-Thérèse Ordonez died on the night of Friday 20 to Saturday 21 December“, our colleagues write. The information was then confirmed by the radio station RTL and France 3 Nouvelle Aquitaine.

After having delighted several generations of French people on France Télévisions, the host of La Cuisine des Mousquetaires had opened her restaurant in her native Occitanie. At the turn of the 2010s, she had decided to take a well-deserved retirement in her beloved village of Rion-des-Landes, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

Maïté: who was her husband ?

Maïté having passed away at the end of December, leaves no spouse. Her one and only husband, Jean-Pierre Ordonez, had passed away at the age of 84 in September 2020. His funeral took place in the same church in Rion-des-Landes where his death had been celebrated. their marriage in 1958.

The one who answered to the nickname “Pierrot” in privacy é é had fallen under the spell of the young Marie-Thérèse Badet at the primary school of their Landes village, specifies an article published in the daily newspaper Sud-Ouest. The couple, who managed the family restaurant, had been deeply marked by another tragedy that occurred here more than a dozen years, the death of his only son, Serge.

Maïté : what did her son Serge die of ?

“With my husband, we été took a long time to have children. I didn't have time to take care of my son. It's easier to be a grandmother, you're freer”, the former SNCF crossing guard told  became a television icon several years ago in an interview relayed today by the magazine Paris Match. In 2013, a devastating cancer had struck down her son Serge.

Several media outlets had claimed at the time that the grieving mother had gradually lost her taste for life. The most famous of Landes restaurateurs had tried to forget her grief by devoting time to her two grandchildren, Camille and Perrine, far from her restaurant which was placed in receivership in 2015. Suffering from a neurodegenerative disease and living in a nursing home, she spent her last days surrounded by her family.