'Top Chef Masters' alum Naomi Pomeroy's body has been recovered after a river tubing accident. The celebrity chef was 49.
on Facebook that Pomeroy had been found about 10 a.m."on the Willamette River about a half mile upstream of Hyak Park between Corvallis and Albany.""BCSO marine deputies arrived shortly after, located a deceased female on a shallow section of bedrock near the middle of the river with about one to two feet of water," the agency's statement read. "The female was identified as Naomi Pomeroy, missing since July 13, 2024.
The agency said then that "an investigation by BCSO determined three adults recreating on tubes and a paddle board , became entangled on an exposed snag in the water. One of the adults, Naomi, was pulled under the water and unable to free herself due to the paddleboard leash." Deputies were using sonar, drone, and underwater camera equipment, as they continued to search for signs of Pomeroy among heavy debris in the water.. Her claim to fame was her Portland restaurant Beast, where she won a prestigious James Beard Award in 2010, before it closed during the pandemic. Pomeroy went on to cook elsewhere.
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