Naomi Pomeroy Dies: ‘Top Chef Masters’ Contestant And James Beard Award Winner Was 49

Naomi Pomeroy, the Portland-based Top Chef Masters contestant who was the recipient of the James Beard Award for Best Chef Pacific Northwest in 2014, died on Saturday in an accident on the Willamette River, according to multiple reports. She was 49. Pomeroy was reportedly one of several people floating down the river near Corvallis via […]