Meet Seagar’s All-Star Team

At Seagar’s, exceptional dining starts with an exceptional team. From the kitchen to the dining room, our dedicated professionals bring passion, expertise, and genuine hospitality to every guest experience. Get to know the people behind it all.

Fleetwood Covington

Executive Chef

In 2022, Fleetwood Covington became the Executive Chef at Seagar’s Prime Steaks & Seafood in the Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa. Joining the team in 2017, his rise from sauté station to Executive Chef highlights his determination and culinary skills, influenced by both local and international experiences. Covington, inspired by Northwest Florida’s coastal bounty and his background as a concert pianist in Europe, creates dishes that blend local flavors with global influences.

As Chef de Cuisine, he showcased exceptional leadership, nurturing talent and fostering culinary excellence. Now, as Executive Chef, he combines innovation with tradition to offer guests an unforgettable dining experience. Covington oversees all culinary operations at the AAA Four-Diamond steakhouse, ensuring high standards of quality and service.

In 2024, he was honored as the Honorary Chef for the 19th Annual Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation, recognizing his culinary achievements and community contributions.

Fleetwood Covington

Executive Chef

In 2024, he was honored as the Honorary Chef for the 19th Annual Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation, recognizing his culinary achievements and community contributions.

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A chef in a white coat garnishes a cooked steak with fresh herbs, using tweezers for precise placement. Carrots and greens are visible on the side.

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Jasmine Brown

Special Events Manager

Throughout her nearly 10-year career, Jasmine Brown has trained under the guidance of many notable chefs, successfully expanding her culinary skills as garde-manger and later as sauté cook. As the special events manager of Seagar’s, Brown serves as a liaison between guests and the restaurant team, managing the restaurant’s private dining spaces, coordinating community focused events for the culinary team, and handling event logistics for off-site festivals.

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Angela Medich

Sous Chef

Angela’s culinary expertise and passion for the industry enables her to effectively support Executive Chef Fleetwood and the restaurant team to exceed guest expectations. Working her way up from line cook to now taking on the role of Sous Chef at Seagar’s Prime Steaks & Seafood, Medich brings to the position a deep understanding of kitchen operations, culinary techniques, a strong skillset in executing dishes, overseeing kitchen staff including training new team members, and ensuring the level of food quality and consistency the restaurant has become recognized for is maintained.

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Bobby van Deusen

Pianist

Seagar’s guests can enjoy music by pianist Bobby van Deusen, a three-time World Championship Old Time Piano Contest winner. The Philadelphia native began his musical training when he was seven and continued to perform as a classically trained pianist while studying at Capital University and Ohio State University. After graduation, van Deusen started playing professionally in 1976 and traveled south to gain experience. In 1985, he joined the Rosie O’Grady Dixieland band in Pensacola, and he later performed in New Orleans with Al Hirt and Pete Fountain, followed by work as a riverboat piano player with the Delta Steamboat Company. In 1998, van Deusen joined Seagar’s, where he continues to perform nightly. Currently, van Deusen lives in Pensacola, where he’s an instrument-rated pilot, makes macrame dog leashes for the local humane society, and is an avid Phillies fan.