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On 20th March, restaurants, pubs and bars were told to close their doors, as the UK entered the initial period of lockdown. Over 100 days later, no person or business remains unscathed by Covid-19 and the measures that have been put in place to control this global pandemic have been exponential. There has been monumental impact on … Continued
With International Women’s Day just yesterday and Mother’s Day this weekend, we wanted to high five the number of women we have in our teams, leading our pubs. In a male dominated industry, it’s fantastic to be able to celebrate that 9 of our 19 pubs are managed by some of the best female caterers in … Continued
Mildreds is having a great time right now. After 28 years of a single restaurant, they’ve taken the plunge, and opened 2 more, and all are thriving. Corin, our senior chefs and I spent a day in London with Dan, their exec chef last week – and wow did we cook and eat some great … 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
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
Written 23rd March 2020 the day we went into lockdown. For any business the last few weeks have been challenging with recommendations and insights changing daily, sometimes hourly. As a pub company we have our own unique set of challenges, the majority of our team cannot work from home and we knew eventually we would … Continued
The last couple of weeks have been a tense one for the younger generation, but that ‘will I, wont I?’ period is finally over (at least for a year or so). Many are saying the exams are harder than ever, and with a dramatic decrease in GCSE pass rates this year, those claims might hold … Continued
New pubs, mega tips and happy teams…Who’d have thought it? As we all peeped back into a new normal, we gingerly opened the doors of 10 of our pubs on the 6th July, having little idea as to what the next few months was going to look like. After a solid first week, we opened … Continued
We’re on the hunt for a marketer to join our team, an exciting opportunity to be a part of the energetic, fast-moving world of pub marketing, and the chance to get involved with a team of food and drink enthusiasts, putting our guests at the heart of everything we do. Peach is a collection of … Continued
We’ve always been a fan of having girls in our kitchens, and I know only too well what that entails, having started my Peach career 15 years ago as a CDP at our very first pub, The Rose & Crown in Warwick. I was really interested in finding out how Rose, our Sous Chef, was … Continued