Well that was FUN! The cocktail glasses were overflowing as the Muddy Stilettos Awards 2023 romped to a close last week. Cue an astonishing 77,000 businesses nominated and 800,000 votes cast in 2023. I know, bonkers!
We have always proudly run the Muddy Awards – this year supported by Lightfoots Solicitors – on the basis of being free for all businesses to take part, and on our 10th anniversary, it’s still as exciting as ever to shine a light on brilliant lifestyle indies that make our lives so much more fun and vibrant.
A whopping great THANK YOU to all of you Muddy readers who took part or voted – the Muddy Awards are nothing without you! OK enough waffling.
ART GALLERY: Carina Haslam Art (Great Missenden)
BAR: The Keep (Wallingford)
BEAUTY SALON / CLINIC: LA Skin Studio (Olney)
BOOKSHOP: Chapter Two (Chesham)
BOUTIQUE STAY: The Five Arrows (Waddesdon)
BRIDAL STORE: Bride Like Me (Newport Pagnell)
CAFÉ: Roots (Chesham)
CHILDREN’S BUSINESS: Mimi’s Wild Wood Rangers (Slough)
DAY SPA: Spa Illuminata Danesfield House (Marlow)
DESTINATION PUB: The Greyhound Inn (Letcombe Regis)
FAMILY ATTRACTION: Cotswold Wildlife Park (Burford)
FARMSHOP / DELI: Peterley Manor Farm (Prestwood)
FITNESS INSTRUCTOR: Leah Maclean Fitness at the Farm (Frilford)
FLORIST: House of Flowers (Wantage)
HAIR SALON: Brendan O’Sullivan (Amersham)
HOTEL / INN (+ 30 ROOMS): Hartwell House (Aylesbury)
JEWELLER: Lover’s Rock (Watlington)
LIFESTYLE STORE: Last Interior Design (Haddenham)
LOCAL FOOD/DRINK PRODUCER: Skywave Gin (Bicester)
NEW LIFESTYLE START-UP: Monkey Puzzle (Thame)
RESTAURANT: The Swan Inn (Islip)
SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE BUSINESS: Little Karma Co (Long Crendon)
THEATRE/ARTS VENUE: Kenton Theatre (Henley on Thames)
WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER: Danielle Newton Photography (Wycombe)
WEDDING VENUE: Tip Top Venues (Newton Longville)
WOMEN’S FASHION STORE: Nephele (Bicester)
YOGA/PILATES STUDIO: Yogalina (Witney)