Naomi Pomeroy, a chef who won awards, has died at the age of 49.Friends confirmed that the former Top Chef Masters contestant had died.

The woman was on the Willamette River outside of Portland, Oregon, with two other people tubing. At first, no one knew who she was.

A few days later, it was proven that the woman was Naomi.

The accident happened because Naomi wasn’t wearing a life jacket when the three tied tubes hit a tree in the water, sending Naomi underwater and never coming back up.

Around 8:25 p.m. on Saturday, police found Naomi’s body underwater.

It turned out that a strong current kept her body from being found.

The other two people, including Naomi’s husband Kyle Linden Webster, made it out alive.

“SO SAD TO HEAR THIS”
Naomi’s last Instagram post, which promoted her newest cooking project called Garden Party, had a lot of goodbye comments from fans.