Julie Andrieu very rarely comes out. Famous for all foodies and lovers of cooking shows, she is indeed rather discreet when it comes to her personal life. The show host Julie’s Notebooks, also known for having been the muse of Jean-Marie Périer, a great photographer 33 years older than her, is the mother of two children. Hadrien, born in October 2012, and Gaïa in December 2015, are the children born of her love for the neurosurgeon Stéphane Delajoux whom she married in August 2010. While she recently mentioned her daily life with them in Télématin (France 2) , Julie Andrieu now makes rare confidences about Hadrian and Gaïa to Gala .
Author of the magazine À croquer, the former companion of Jean-Marie Périer, remained very close to him, does not neglect his family, although his professional life is so busy. Her two children arehis priority“.”The important value for me, is to spend time with them and give them attention. I made my children a priorityfirst because’they came late in my life so it’s easier to slow down professionally, and then also because I myself have been a priority for my mother“, she said. Referring to her mother, Nicole Courcel, who raised her without a dad. “You can be a good mom without cooking, I assure you, that was the case with mine.“, she also made it known.
What mother is she?
“I got a lot of strength and confidence from itwhich is why I think it is essentialshe thus declared to our colleagues about her role as a mother. I also transmit to them the respect of the other because when you cook, you have to distribute the tasks, there is a certain sense of teamwork. And then, curiosity, because behind the recipes, I tell them stories. We are talking about products, producers, it is a way of facing the world.“As entrusted to TelematinJulie Andrieu teaches them a taste for cooking right up to their school since she is often called upon by their mistress.
To spend quality time with Hadrian and Gaïa, Julie Andrieu also goes through a few rituals. In particular this trip with them that she has set up each year, with each of them. “Every year I take a trip with each of my children. I will soon be leaving for four days in the Rome region with Gaïa. Then I will leave for four more days with Hadrian in Lisbon. Each year, we discover a big city, sometimes a region, and we make a travel diary“, she explained to Gala.