The Sun House Restaurant and Bar in Anna Maria Island recently announced that the restaurant has named Harvey Sadaichi Lovejoy to its executive chef position. Chef Lovejoy comes to The Sun House from his most recent post as executive chef at New York New York in Sarasota. Before that, he served as executive chef at a number of Disney properties in Orlando,

While he won’t stray too far from The Sun House’s popular Floribbean-style cuisine, Lovejoy says he’s added an Asian twist to some of the newer dishes. “Floribbean cuisine reflects culinary traditions that stretch from the Deep South to the Caribbean and into Latin America,” he says. “The emphasis is on freshness, and on blending together a mix of tastes both subtle and striking. Asian cuisine also relies on some of these same principles.”

The Sun House Restaurant and Bar is located at 111 Gulf Drive South, Bradenton Beach; 941-782-1122.