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The Giant Peach

Our blog about all things peachy


Committed to Making Life Peachy

The backbone of our business is to Make Life Peachy, for our team, suppliers and guests. The last few weeks have been challenging, unusual and a little odd. Our top priority has always been to ensure our team are looked after during this time and following the support released from the Government, we have been … Continued

Nearly award-winning burgers from Thame

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

Look after yourself ❤️

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 PEACHY SUPPLIERS

Our suppliers make us who we are. You only have to take one look at our values to see we have a very clear ethos, and if our suppliers didn’t believe in the same values – it would just never work! From our award-winning wines, to our sausage o’clock delights after work, each and every … Continued

When Good Leaders Matter – Making Life Peachy

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

Feeding The Children of The Future – Our Chef’s Recipes

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

Summerhouse 2016 – Prague

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

Meet a Peach legend: Frazer Sutherland

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

Your Hubs – whilst our pubs were closed

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

Are there Peachy opportunities in a Pandemic? HELL YES!

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