Our blog about all things peachy
Lots actually. We started by slathering care and attention on the lovely, eccentric pub we acquired right at the end of 2016. The Duke of Wellington, between Guildford and Leatherhead, is listed for its great age and its fabulous fancy brickwork, scattered across the pretty village of East Horsley by local landowner Lord Lovelace in … Continued
Introducing Kim Whitfield, our new Project Coordinator in the Décor Team. What was your first job? An Image Processing Assistant at a photography studio. How do you like your eggs in the morning? Eggs Florentine. Describe yourself in three words. Positive, curious and proactive. Any vices? Sweet treats. I have no will power when it comes to … Continued
Say hello to Simon Bishop, our new Property Director. Simon has joined us this month with a mission to hunt out new pubs that we can make peachy, as well as keep our existing ones that way. Simon’s got over 20 years experience of buying and developing properties in the UK pub and leisure market … Continued
A talented young duo from our Surrey based pub, The Richard Onslow, have won the trophy in the Peach Pub’s inaugural Master Peach & Chef competition. The Master Peach & Chef competition is the first internal competition of its kind that Peach has run, recognising and highlighting the hidden culinary talents of our front of … Continued
“We promote from within!” How many times have you heard that shouted from the bar tops? Yet I interview so many great caterers who are looking to move on due to yet another promise not coming to fruition, and I wanted to dig deeper into how we were doing getting our guys up through the … Continued
We do say this every year, but wow what a year we’ve had! From new and growing teams, pub awards (Birmingham Food, Drink and Hospitality Awards, Pride of Stratford and Bedfordshire Food and Drink Awards), company awards (Best Employer Award, The National Pub and Bar Awards), new training initiatives and some great team trips and … Continued
Meet Trevor Blake, our Midlands and Oxfordshire Executive Chef! What was your first job in the industry? I worked part-time as well as doing full-time college in a west midlands hotel! I do believe it set me up with a great work ethic which you need as a chef. Why did you get into the hospitality … Continued
This International Chef’s Day (Friday 20th October) is all about Growing Great Chefs – mentoring young minds, nurturing talent and teaching our future chefs the art of cooking and leading a healthy lifestyle. Using quality, fresh ingredients and understanding seasonality is something we strongly stand by here at Peach. We asked our team of chefs … Continued
Introducing our new General Manager, Sharon Concannon… What was your first job? I was a sauce Waitress in a Manor House local to home. How many Twitter followers do you have? I don’t use Twitter, I’m a bit old school. How do you like your eggs in the morning? I am not a huge egg … Continued
My first day at Peach was wearing a safety helmet and high vis jacket, walking round the building site that would soon become The Rose and Crown in Warwick, our first pub, back in 2002. Since then I’ve worked in pretty much every position possible, from Kitchen Porter, to Chef, from Barman to cleaner to … Continued