This Private Chef Garden Dinner is perfect for small groups of 6-8 guests gathering for birthdays, anniversaries, and family celebrations. Escape the ordinary restaurant dining experience, get outdoors, and enjoy a beautifully curated evening where great food, meaningful conversation, and nature come together.
You choose between two menu experiences:
Santa Maria Fireside
A California-inspired cookout featuring:
• Chips, Salsa & Warm Jalapeño Cheese Dip
• Artisan Sourdough with The Vista Sol Herb Butter
• Chopped Cowboy Salad with Homemade BBQ Ranch
• Santa Maria Style Tri-Tip with The Vista Sol Chimichurri
• Seasoned Corn on the Cob
• Charro Beans
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Cowboy Fire Feast
A hearty rustic cookout featuring:
• Chips with Cowboy Cream Cheese Dip
• Artisan Sourdough with Vista Sol Herb Butter
• Steakhouse Potato Salad
• Corn on the Cob
• Whole Spatchcocked Seasoned Chicken
• Smoked Kielbasa Bites with BBQ Sauce
• Baked Beans
Group Size: Minimum of 6 guests | Maximum of 8 guests (be sure to Add On guests as needed)
Location: 45935 Cahuilla Rd, Aguanga, CA 92536
Start Time: September Dinners begin at 7pm | October Dinners begin at 6pm
Duration: Approximately 3 hours
A hands-on baking and cooking field trip
Roll, stamp, sugar, and decorate your way through a playful fall cookie experience at The Vista Sol.
Rather than a traditional seated class, Sweet Impressions invites participants to move through hands-on stations around our communal table, creating beautifully stamped fall cookies before heading into our Studio container for a cozy finale.
The experience ends with a nostalgic s’mores hot cocoa bar, complete with roasted marshmallows and a little campfire spirit.
Fall cookie stamping activity
Aprons provided
Baked cookie takeaway
Recipe card
S’mores hot cocoa bar
Supervised roasted-marshmallow finale
Hands-on outdoor experience
Admission: $28 per child
Optional Lunch: $10 per participant
A sweet, hands-on way to celebrate the flavors of fall.
Length: 90 minutes
Recommended Ages: Ages 6–12
Group Size: 12–24 participants
Location: The Vista Sol, just outside Temecula
What to Bring: Closed-toe shoes, water bottle, weather-appropriate clothing
A hands-on garden, art, and seasonal food field trip
Explore the colors, shapes, textures, and flavors of the fall garden through a playful combination of gardening, creativity, and hands-on art.
The experience begins with a short, age-appropriate garden lesson focused on seasonal vegetables and how they grow. Participants then use fresh-cut vegetables as natural stamps, along with foam brushes and fabric paint, to create their own garden-inspired textile artwork.
As the artwork dries, the pieces are displayed throughout the garden on a clothesline, creating a colorful Garden Gallery for everyone to enjoy.
Participants then gather for a casual lunch featuring kid-friendly favorites, fresh fruits and vegetables, apple cider, and a sweet treat before wrapping up with a group photo surrounded by their artwork.
Seasonal garden exploration
Hands-on vegetable stamping
Garden-inspired textile artwork
Garden Gallery display
Group photo
Apple cider and seasonal refreshments
Finished artwork will remain on-site to dry completely before being carefully packaged with a simple kraft tag and keepsake detail and returned to the school.
Workshop: $28 per participant
Optional Lunch: $10 per participant
Length: 90 minutes
Recommended Ages: Ages 6–12
Group Size: 12–24 participants
Location: The Vista Sol, just outside Temecula
What to Bring: Closed-toe shoes, water bottle, weather-appropriate clothing
A hands-on field trip on food, fire, and the history of the American Chuckwagon
Step into the role of a Vista Sol Chuckwagon Crew member and explore how fire, food, and cooking shaped the way people lived.
Participants will discover how humans first learned to use fire, practice basic fire safety and grilling skills, explore how growing food changed communities, and hear the story of the chuckwagon cooks—known as “Cookie”—who kept cattle-drive crews fed on the American trail.
Along the way, participants will help prepare colorful vegetable skewers, observe a ranch-style lunch cooking over the fire, and discover how heat transforms the color, texture, aroma, and flavor of food.
Hands-on fire safety and grilling activities
Vegetable skewer preparation
Ranch-style fire cooking demonstration
Mini Ranch Garlic Chicken Skewers
Fire-Roasted Vegetable Skewers
Fresh Sourdough
Build-your-own s’mores
Fireside gathering
The experience is designed to encourage curiosity, confidence, participation, and teamwork, with opportunities to learn through seeing, smelling, touching, tasting, and doing. Participants are welcome to engage at their own comfort level.
Older Kids: $40 per participant
Neurodivergent Young Adults & Adults with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities: $55 per participant
A spark becomes a flame, simple ingredients become a feast, and curiosity becomes confidence.
Length: 2 hours
Recommended Ages: Ages 9+
Group Size: 12–30 participants
Location: The Vista Sol, just outside Temecula
What to Bring: Closed-toe shoes, water bottle, weather-appropriate clothing
Join us for a cozy Fall Thanksgiving Dinner at The Vista Sol, in Aguanga just outside Temecula Wine Country. This Campfire Dinner brings guests together around a communal table for a four-course Thanksgiving meal with our take of the classics, prepared over an open flame!
Begin your experience with a welcome toast from one of our favorite small-batch wine companies, then settle in with fresh baked bread served with herb-seasoned butter. As the sun begins to set, gather around the flickering fire and watch as your dinner is prepared the rustic way—slowly cooked over an open flame.
Take a stroll and soak in the views of the rolling hills, before gathering around our family-style table. Just after the sun sets, settle in for a bountiful, home-cooked meal crafted by your grill master and made with love.
What’s Included:
• Four-course home-cooked meal, made fresh over an open fire
• Complimentary Welcome Glass of wine by Outlaw Wine Company
• Infused water, tea, and café de olla with dessert
• Guests are welcome to bring outside drinks of their choice
Join us at The Vista Sol for a cozy Fall Campfire Dining experience, where crisp evening air, golden sunsets, fire-cooked food, and great company come together for an unforgettable night in the hills.
Begin your experience with a welcome toast from one of our favorite small-batch wine companies, then settle in with fresh baked bread served with herb-seasoned butter. As the sun begins to set, gather around the flickering fire and watch as your dinner is prepared the rustic way—slowly cooked over an open flame.
Take a stroll and soak in the views of the rolling hills, before gathering around our family-style table. Just after the sun sets, settle in for a bountiful, home-cooked meal crafted by your grill master and made with love.
What’s Included:
• Four-course home-cooked meal, made fresh over an open fire
• Complimentary Welcome Glass of wine by Outlaw Wine Company
• Infused water, tea, and café de olla with dessert
• Guests are welcome to bring outside drinks of their choice
Join us at The Vista Sol for a cozy Fall Campfire Dining experience, where crisp evening air, golden sunsets, fire-cooked food, and great company come together for an unforgettable night in the hills.
Begin your experience with a welcome toast from one of our favorite small-batch wine companies, then settle in with fresh baked bread served with herb-seasoned butter. As the sun begins to set, gather around the flickering fire and watch as your dinner is prepared the rustic way—slowly cooked over an open flame.
Take a stroll and soak in the views of the rolling hills, before gathering around our family-style table. Just after the sun sets, settle in for a bountiful, home-cooked meal crafted by your grill master and made with love.
What’s Included:
• Four-course home-cooked meal, made fresh over an open fire
• Complimentary Welcome Glass of wine by Outlaw Wine Company
• Infused water, tea, and café de olla with dessert
• Guests are welcome to bring outside drinks of their choice
Join us at The Vista Sol for a quaint Summer Campfire Dining experience, an evening of culinary delights, an unforgettable sunset, and great company!
Begin your experience with a welcome toast from one of our favorite small-batch wine companies and enjoy savory sourdough boules made fresh with herb-seasoned butter. Then, gather around the flickering fire to observe the rustic tradition of preparing food over an open flame. After exploring and taking in the picturesque rolling hills, a family-style table awaits you to enjoy the bountiful meal your grill master has created for you.
What’s Included:
• Four-course home-cooked meal, made fresh over an open fire featuring Cowboy Ribeye & Jumbo Shrimp
• Complimentary Welcome Glass of wine by Outlaw Wine Company
• Infused water, tea, and café de olla with dessert (guests may bring outside drinks of their choice)
Sunsets + Stogies offers guests a relaxed outdoor cigar lounge atmosphere designed to complement the Campfire Dining experience. Enjoy comfortable seating, scenic sunset views, and a welcoming space for conversation and connection while savoring premium cigars, available for pre-order.
To ensure we have a cigar for you on the night of the event, pre-order yours for $25
A hands-on garden and gardening field trip for children
Dig in, get your hands dirty, and discover where food begins.
Participants explore the garden through a series of simple, hands-on activities designed to inspire curiosity, confidence, and a connection to the natural world. They'll create an edible garden, plant their own miniature grow kit, and discover what plants need to grow.
Guided garden exploration
Edible garden activity
Hands-on planting
Miniature grow kit to take home
Taste-and-explore garden activity
Outdoor learning experience
No gardening experience is needed—just curiosity and a love of nature.
Pricing: $28 per participant
Optional Lunch: $10 per participant
Length: 90 minutes
Recommended Ages: Ages 5–10
Group Size: 12–24 participants
Location: The Vista Sol, just outside Temecula
What to Bring: Closed-toe shoes, water bottle, weather-appropriate clothing
Wine Blending experience where guests craft a signature blend tailored specifically to their own palate. Participants will experiment with various ratios of Tempranillo and Primitivo to find the perfect balance between structural earthiness and bold, jammy fruit. Each session concludes with the guest hand-bottling their unique creation to take home as a personalized memento of the craft.
Pre-sale price is $25 ($35 at the event)
Join us at The Vista Sol for a quaint Campfire Dining experience and immerse yourself in an evening of culinary delights, an unforgettable sunset, and nature's serene embrace.
Begin your experience with a welcome toast from one of our favorite small-batch wine companies and enjoy savory sourdough boules made fresh with herb-seasoned butter. Then, gather around the flickering fire to observe the rustic tradition of preparing food over an open flame. After exploring and taking in the picturesque rolling hills, a family-style table awaits you to enjoy the bountiful meal your grill master has created for you.
What’s Included:
• Four-course home-cooked meal, made fresh over an open fire
• Wine blending experience by Outlaw Wine Company
• Sangria, Infused water, tea, and café de olla with dessert (guests may bring outside drinks of their choice)
• Pop Up Gift Shop & Flower Bar
Join us at The Vista Sol for a special Father’s Day Campfire Dining experience celebrating dads and good company with an unforgettable evening under the open sky. Campfire Dinner’s are known for their culinary delights, breathtaking sunsets, and the great outdoors but June 20th we’ll also be featuring Sunsets + Stogies, a custom hat bar experience, and additional curated touches to make the night extra memorable!
Begin your experience with a welcome toast from one of our favorite small-batch wine companies and enjoy savory sourdough boules made fresh with herb-seasoned butter. Then, gather around the flickering fire to observe the rustic tradition of preparing food over an open flame. After exploring and taking in the picturesque rolling hills, a family-style table awaits you to enjoy the bountiful meal your grill master has created for you.
What’s Included:
• Four-course home-cooked meal, made fresh over an open fire
• Sunsets + Stogies
• Infused water, tea, and café de olla with dessert (guests may bring outside drinks of their choice)
• Custom Hat Bar by Temecula Crowns
Join us at The Vista Sol for a quaint Summer Campfire Dining experience, an evening of culinary delights, an unforgettable sunset, and great company!
Begin your experience with a welcome toast from one of our favorite small-batch wine companies and enjoy savory sourdough boules made fresh with herb-seasoned butter. Then, gather around the flickering fire to observe the rustic tradition of preparing food over an open flame. After exploring and taking in the picturesque rolling hills, a family-style table awaits you to enjoy the bountiful meal your grill master has created for you.
What’s Included:
• Four-course home-cooked meal, made fresh over an open fire
• Complimentary Welcome Glass of wine by Outlaw Wine Company
• Infused water, tea, and café de olla with dessert (guests may bring outside drinks of their choice)
A Garden Experience for Children at The Vista Sol on April 24th
A peaceful, hands-on outdoor experience where children create an edible garden, plant their own miniature grow kit, and explore how food grows in nature.
Families enjoy a calm, welcoming setting while children engage in meaningful, creative activities designed to inspire curiosity, confidence, and connection to the natural world.
No gardening experience needed — just curiosity and a love of nature.
Tickets are for children only (Adults are free)
Parties of 6 or more please contact us for accommodations at thevistasol@gmail.com
Join us at The Vista Sol for a quaint Campfire Dining experience and immerse yourself in an evening of culinary delights, an unforgettable sunset, and nature's serene embrace.
Begin your experience with a welcome toast from one of our favorite small-batch wine companies and enjoy savory sourdough boules made fresh with herb-seasoned butter. Then, gather around the flickering fire to observe the rustic tradition of preparing food over an open flame. After exploring and taking in the picturesque rolling hills, a family-style table awaits you to enjoy the bountiful meal your grill master has created for you.
What’s Included:
• Four-course home-cooked meal, made fresh over an open fire
• Complimentary welcome glass from Outlaw Wine Company
• A custom Hat Bar experience by Weld + Wool. Each guest will receive a special branded leather keychain or coaster as a memento
• Water, tea, and café de olla (guests may bring outside drinks of their choice)
• A three-hour, unhurried experience under open skies
A Garden Experience for Children at The Vista Sol
A peaceful, hands-on outdoor experience where children create an edible garden, plant their own miniature grow kit, and explore how food grows in nature.
Families enjoy a calm, welcoming setting while children engage in meaningful, creative activities designed to inspire curiosity, confidence, and connection to the natural world.
Recommended ages 4 –10 (with accompanying adult)
No gardening experience needed — just curiosity and a love of nature.
Self-Care Sunsets (limited Founding Guest Rate)
March 14, 2026 | 5:00–8:00 PM
The Vista Sol | Aguanga, CA
As the sun dips behind the hills and the sky turns gold, we gather at The Vista Sol for an evening designed to help you exhale. The Vista Solis an open-air venue, where rolling hills, glowing skies, and thoughtfully designed spaces invite you to breathe deeper. It’s a place to slow down. To connect. To be held by good energy, warm light, and intentional community.
Expect guided yoga, progressive muscle relaxation, and a sound bowl experience layered into one restorative evening. You’ll also find curated wellness vendors to explore and a nourishing garden-to-table dinner made fresh from the land.
Come as you are. Leave lighter.
If you’d like to experience another one of our signature gatherings, explore our Campfire Dinner experiencehere.
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