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Ever wondered what a day in whites would entail? I caught up with Acorn award-winning and Peach Ultimate Head Chef, James Durrant, to find out what he gets up to in a day’s work. 9am – Once I’ve caught up with the team about the plan for the day, it’s time to prep for the … Continued
Before we launched our fundraising for The Burnt Chef Project, Head Chef James and Lindsey from the marketing team had the pleasure of catching up with Kris, the founder of the campaign. We found out a little more about how The Burnt Chef Project came about, how to wind down on days off and the … Continued
With May being Mental Health Awareness month and Mind launching Mental Health Awareness week 10th-16th May, it’s time to focus on Bigger Peach Promise Number 1 – We are a Peachy place to work, learn and grow. This means striving to do better for our team and supporting their wellbeing. With this in mind, from … Continued
This week we want to shout out to all the amazing Peach Pubs family who’ve been going above and beyond! Thanks for the inspo @makegoodgrow ❤️ From volunteering in vaccination centres to delivering prescriptions and food parcels to the most vulnerable people in isolation, the team really are doing what they can in the local … Continued
Even on the days when you wake up with your positive pants on, don’t underestimate what you’re going through at the moment, be gentle with yourself. We’ve been chatting to the team and here are their top tips for getting through, those inevitable, down days. Call a loved one – chat through how you feel … Continued
Our pubs are great, but it’s our team that really make us different. All our meat is free-range, our menus are seasonal, and we only serve what we’re happy to eat and drink ourselves. Our kitchens are run by proper Chefs; a highly skilled team of creatives, working with our suppliers to create great tasting … Continued
We chatted to some of our Peachy team to find out what they’re up to while they’re staying at home… Terri, General Manager at Brookmans, has started a mammoth Harry Potter Puzzle with her boyfriend Jon Tom and Camilla, from The Richard Onslow, have bought two giant barrels to make an outside bar in their … Continued
Turning your home into your office is tricky even in the best of times, but it’s so important to separate work and life when they’re both happening in the same place. As more of us are working from home to try to slow the spread of Coronavirus I thought I’d share some of our team’s life hacks; … Continued
For those who don’t already have the pleasure of knowing Frazer, let us introduce you! Since becoming a partner in Peach in 2008, Frazer has established the Thatch as Thame’s number one food destination. He also looks after The James Figg further up the High Street, once voted Oxfordshire’s Best Traditional Pub in 2013; The … Continued
Thanks to Ox in a Box for recently visiting us at The Thatch. During their visit Katherine MacAlister caught up with Head chef James Durrant. James has come full circle, having returned to The Thatch in Thame to run the kitchens, five years after working there as a sous chef. “I was a junior sous … Continued