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‘Top Chef Masters’ alum Naomi Pomeroy dead at 49 after freak tubing accident
By Leah Bitsky,
6 days ago
“Top Chef Masters” alum Naomi Pomeroy died Saturday after drowning in a freak tubing accident. She was 49.
The restaurateur had been enjoying a day on the Willamette River in Corvallis, Ore., with her husband, Kyle Linden Webster, and one other person when she was pulled into the currents, the Benton County Sheriff’s Office shared in a press release Tuesday.
“An investigation by BCSO determined three adults recreating on tubes and a paddle board (two tubes were secured together and the paddle board was attached to Naomi), became entangled on an exposed snag in the water,” the police department shared.
Naomi Pomeroy drowned in a freak tubing incident Saturday. Getty Images The chef had been in an Oregon river with her husband, Kyle Linden Webster, and a third person when she got caught on a snag in the water. naomipomeroy/Instagram
“One of the adults, Naomi, was pulled under the water and unable to free herself due to the paddleboard leash.”
Pomeroy was recovered from the Willamette River Wednesday morning after people canoeing spotted her body and called 911, KPTV reported .
Deputies discovered her body on a shallow section of bedrock near the middle of the river, per the outlet.
Her body was recovered from Willamette River Wednesday morning. AP People canoeing spotted her body and called 911. KGW8
Authorities searched for Pomeroy’s body for days after the local fire department had previously been able to recover the other two people in the group to safety on the shore.
BCSO said Pomeroy was the first drowning victim of the year.
She was an esteemed Oregon-based chef who earned a James Beard Award for best chef Northwest in 2014.
She was also previously named one of America’s top 10 best new chefs by Food & Wine magazine and one of the 18 most powerful women in business by Marie Claire.
Pomeroy won a James Beard Award in 2014. Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images She also served as a guest judge on “Top Chef” and “Bobby’s Triple Threat.” Neilson Barnard
Pomeroy shuttered the doors to her popular restaurant, Beast, in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and opened a frozen custard shop, Cornet Custard, this past May. She also recently launched a dinner party series dubbed “Garden Party,” according to her Instagram .
The decorated cook left her mark on TV as a competitor in “Iron Chef” in 2010 and “Top Chef Masters” the next year.
She also served as a guest judge on “Knife Fight,” “Top Chef” and Bobby Flay’s “Bobby’s Triple Threat.”
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