Source: Yahoo Entertainment News
Chef Naomi Pomeroy, who was known for competing on the third season of Top Chef Masters in 2011 and for her award-winning restaurants, has died in a tragic water-recreation accident. She was 49.
The Benton County Sheriff’s Office in Oregon, where she lives, said Tuesday that Pomeroy drowned in the Willamette River at approximately 8:25 p.m. Saturday.
“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 agency said in a new release. “One of the adults, Naomi, was pulled under the water and unable to free herself due to the paddleboard leash.”
Officials were able to locate two other adults, including her husband, Kyle Linden Webster, and her friends, but not Pomeroy. They continue to search for her, the “first drowning victim of the year.”
Pomeroy is known to fans of Top Chef because she was a contestant on the third season of Top Chef Masters, the edition of the show that pits established chefs against one another to find a single champion. She was representing Beast, her Portland restaurant where, in March 2010, she earned a James Beard award.
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