New GM for The Thatch

Frazer Sutherland has taken over at the helm at The Thatch in Thame, one of the 10 food-led pubs in the multi-award-winning Peach group.

Frazer becomes general manager of The Thatch after a five year stint running his own pub, The Bell at Beachampton in Buckinghamshire. Before that, he was Café Bar Manager of The Fifth Floor Restaurant Harvey Nichols for two years, and was also at The Oxo Tower in London.

Frazer describes himself as always having wanted to be in hospitality since "year dot". A passion for food at school led to an all-round catering management qualification at Northampton College, and then onto a spell travelling to Australia and the Caribbean to work in hospitality.

Returning to London, he worked at the classic club venue The Green Room (now Chinawhite) before moving to Harvey Nichols and then The Oxo Tower in the boom days of the late 90's when the brasserie was really flying. He also opened a site in Edinburgh for the Harvey Nichols group, working with Dominic Ford.

"I joined Peach because I knew their reputation, liked their values and really wanted to work with them," says Frazer. "In coming to Thame, I'm hoping to build on the great work that's already been done here and make The Thatch the place to eat and drink in the area."