Jean-Pierre Coffe

JeanPierre Coffe 24 March 1938 29 March 2016 was a French radio and television presenter food critic and author JeanPierre Coffe spent a major part of his childhood in the town where he was born Lunéville He never knew his father mobilized in 1937 and killed on the field of battle in 1940 He was raised by his mother who took over the family hairdressing salon His grandmother was a cook and his grandfather a market gardener His mother left Lorraine for Paris where he studied at boarding school At the age of 13 he was seized by a passion for theatre After completing his studies he took classes at the Cours Simon and had a number of small jobs at the same time JeanPierre Coffe then began a career in television in the early 1980s He joined Canal on November 4 1984 and appeared on a number of occasions in the programs hosted by Michel Denisot In 1992 and 1993 he made his first appearances in La Grande Famille hosted by JeanLuc Delarue and Demain hosted by Michel Denisot for the cooking theme He then joined the French public television channels where he hosted a cooking program with children titled Comment cest fait How is it done from 1992 to 1993 on France 3 followed in 1994 by Cest tout Coffe This is all Coffe on France 2 He joined private channel TF1 in 1999 to present Bien jardiner Gardening well produced by JeanLuc Delarue who finally decided to end the broadcast soon after which marked the end of their friendship In 2003 he joined Michel Drucker on France 2 where he served as a food critic in the program Vivement dimanche prochain On 5 September 2012 he announced his departure of the program to spend more time on writing