on the night of December 20 to 21, 2024. The Landes restaurateur made an impression on television and made the mouths of thousands of viewers water, with her southwest accent and her very gourmet recipes. A disappearance which greatly affected to be found this Wednesday evening on M6 in a new episode of Nightmare in the kitchen. He mourned the disappearance of a woman with “incredible charisma”, before remembering for France Info his debut on TV alongside her.
“I did my first TV show with her in 1996, it was called À table […] my first experience was really with her and it was a very, very nice experience. She embodied this image, this grandmother, this mother who cooked for the family and who inspired people.”
“It was impressive, because Maïté is an emblematic figure of French cuisine. She was quite a character. She embodied traditional local cuisine, but also generosity and good humor.“, he declared this time for Le Parisien.
Philippe Etchebest, his beautiful tribute to Maïté
Certainly, the cook could sometimes be quite severe with those who accompanied her in front of the cameras. But she was just as “benevolent”, assured: “I remember this little anecdote where, to lighten the atmosphere, she started singing backstage and I accompanied her. It was an extraordinary moment. And she sang as well as she cooked.”
“She will leave an incredible void. I appreciated this simplicity, this naturalness which felt good and which we see less and less today.“, he continued. Note that among the other tributes paid to Maïté, that of Emmanuel Macron, but also of Julien Courbet, and of all the people who appreciated his broadcasts, his banter, his good humor and his way of ‘be.
Let us remember that the last years of her life, Maïté spent them in the EHPAD in the commune of Rion des Landes. On Thursday, December 26 at 10:30 a.m., her funeral took place.
