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Thursday, September 10, 2026
THE CHEF SUNDER DINNER SERIES
Five courses. Four perspectives.
Explore the dinners ahead, or watch a look back at an evening from the series.
The finishing touches, before service.From Chef Sunder Pels’s kitchen collection.
From Thomas Keller’s restaurant cooking to Oscar Moreno’s Mexican culinary heritage, each dinner brings a different inspiration to the Beach House table. Find the upcoming evenings and revisit the ones we’ve shared.
October 24, 2026 · A LOOK BACK
Thomas Keller
From the kitchen to the final course: a look back at our October 24 dinner, inspired by Thomas Keller.
NOV 21 · CHEF SUNDER DINNER SERIES
Julia Child
An evening of inspiration
ABOUT THE CHEF
Cookbook author and television teacher who brought French cooking to American homes through Mastering the Art of French Cooking and The French Chef. Bio source ↗
MeXo’s executive chef, raised in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. His work explores Mexican culinary traditions and pre-Hispanic influences. Under his culinary leadership, MeXo was named Global Cuisine Restaurant of the Year at the 2024 West Michigan Food & Beverage Awards. Bio source ↗
Continue the series with five courses and a closer look at Oscar Moreno, MeXo’s executive chef. His work connects Mexican heritage with contemporary dining—a rich starting point for an evening of food and conversation at Sandy Point.
Summer Salmon from MeXo · Restaurant context for Oscar Moreno’s culinary work.
Close the series with five courses, a deliberate pace, and room to savor the details. This evening looks to Marco Pierre White’s influential restaurant cooking for inspiration, bringing a fresh perspective to the Beach House table.
Steak au poivre · Classic French culinary inspiration; not a Marco Pierre White dish.
Portraits are cropped and displayed in grayscale; dish images are resized and cropped. Julia Child and Marco Pierre White image adaptations remain under their respective ShareAlike licenses.
Oscar Moreno — Grand Rapids Chamber, Rooted in Heritage. Identified as Oscar Moreno of MeXo. Company-owned photograph, confirmed by the restaurant; cropped and displayed in grayscale.
Thomas Keller-inspired dinner — Photographs from Sandy Point Beach House, October 24, 2026.
Marco Pierre White — Dorota Trupp, original crop by Vuzor, source, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boeuf bourguignon — ZhengZhou, source, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized to WebP and cropped for display; adaptation retains this license. French culinary reference, not a photograph of Julia Child’s cooking or an SPBH menu item.
Steak au poivre — Mark Mitchell, source, CC BY 2.0. Resized to WebP for display. General French inspiration; not attributed to Marco Pierre White.
MeXo Summer Salmon — MeXo (source photograph). Company restaurant image used at the owner’s request, resized for display. Not claimed personally prepared by Oscar Moreno or part of the SPBH dinner menu.
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