Our blog about all things peachy
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
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
So here are I am – one month in. Am I ‘Peachy’ yet? Well, I’ve learnt the values, now I just need to make sure I put them into practice! Something tells me though that I still have a lot to learn before I become truly ‘Peachy’. My first few weeks have gone by at … Continued
First of all, I should give the inside track on what Summerhouse is. Each year our General Managers and Head Chefs are set a series of targets and if they achieve them, a “little” educational trip is planned. So far Paris, Barcelona, Grenada, Cornwall and the Cotswolds have all had the unfortunate luck of having … 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
Wow! This year saw the 15th PeachFest, who’d have thought ten years ago we would be gathering a collection of Peachy people from 17 pubs and a boutique hotel in our 15th edition? This year we partied on the day of American independence, so our theme was rather set out for us, with all of … 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
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
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
We think our chefs know how to cook a seriously good burger. Hand-made with top notch ingredients like Aubrey Allen 28 day dry aged beef, brioche buns from Brown Sugar Bakery plus some great herbs and spices. And maybe a dollop or two of the chef’s secret burger sauce. So when an email dropped into … Continued