Summer Chef Cookout Series FeaturingChef Patrick PonsatyTuesday, August 5, 2025 | 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
This summer, Mission Bay becomes your open-air kitchen as we fire up the grill with some of region’s most celebrated chefs. The new Summer Chef Cookout is a toes-in-the-sand dinner series that celebrates the best of summer cooking complete with golden sunsets, live music, and coastal breezes.
On select Tuesdays each month, a celebrated guest chef takes the lead, creating a one-night-only menu inspired by Southern California’s bounty. Each cookout features an impressive spread of appetizers, fresh salads, seasonal sides, and decadent desserts, plus a full bar to keep the cocktails flowing. Guests can savor a mix of mainstay entrees like charred tri-tip and banana leaf-grilled mahi mahi, while the guest chef adds their own twist with specially crafted dishes made just for the night.
So grab your sandals, bring your appetite, and join us for a memorable summer evening that’s all about local food and good vibes by the bay.
Starting at $95 per person
(excludes taxes and gratuities)
Chef Patrick Ponsaty Chef de Cuisine | Hotel Del Coronado
Master French Chef Patrick Ponsaty is a fifth-generation chef with 32 years of extensive training in kitchens around the world. From the age of ten he was working alongside his father, and in the following years, trained with some of France’s most legendary names: Alain Ducasse, Didier Oudill, and Michel Rochedy. The elite group of Master Chefs includes just 51 chefs across the United States. With his blend of classic training and extensive network of farmers, fisherman, and purveyors combined with the bounty of fresh produce available in San Diego’s year-round temperate climate.
