Naomi Pomeroy sits inside Cornet Custard, on Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Portland.Vickie Connor/The Oregonian
Naomi Pomeroy, a Portland chef, cookbook author and “Top Chef Masters” contestant who was at work on a new restaurant in Southeast Portland, drowned while floating on the Willamette River late Saturday, close friends and associates confirmed Monday.
Pomeroy, dubbed a “cooking-world star” by the New Yorker, was 49.
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