Naomi Pomeroy

Naomi Pomeroy was an American chef and restaurateur. She was listed as one of America's Top 10 New Chefs by Food & Wine magazine in 2009 and in 2014 won the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef of the Northwest. She was instrumental in the development of Portland, Oregon's culinary scene. She opened or owned several restaurants in the Portland area. She appeared on several cooking competition shows, including as a contestant on Top Chef Masters and Iron Chef and as a judge on Top Chef, Fight Fight and Bobby's Triple Threat. She published her first cookbook in 2016.