TOP Chef star Aaron Grissom has died at 34 after a tragic motorcycle crash. Aaron died on Tuesday in Washington state after suffering “multiple blunt force injuries” in a traffic accident. Pierce County medical examiner ruled his death an accident. Aside from appearing in season 12 of Top Chef in 2014, getting eliminated early on, […]
TOP Chef star Aaron Grissom has died at 34 after a tragic motorcycle crash.
Aaron died on Tuesday in Washington state after suffering “multiple blunt force injuries” in a traffic accident.
Pierce County medical examiner ruled his death an accident.
Aside from appearing in season 12 of Top Chef in 2014, getting eliminated early on, he also appeared on Diners Drive-Ins and Dives.
Aaron also worked at North Hollywood’s Bow & Truss.
Aaron was a Tacoma native, and according to a business partner, had been traveling the world cooking for artists on tour, including Billie Eilish.
Yu Nanakornphanom told Tacoma News Tribune that Aaron had also donated a kidney to him during a battle with diabetes.
Yu revealed: “After we opened Moshi Moshi, we talked about it. ‘I have this condition, I don’t know how much I can take with the business.’
“Then we were joking around, and he said, ‘I can give you a kidney.’ We happened to be a match — we’re both Type O. It’s very rare to find Type O.”
Yu added that Aaron had been living in Mexico during the coronavirus pandemic, and his return to Washington was a surprise.
Yu added: “He had a lot going on. I think he had a good future ahead of him. He’s always learning to do something. He was driven. He lived his life fully.”
