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Regional Winners


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, in partnership with our local sponsor Debenhams Ottaway. I know, bonkers!

We have always proudly run the Muddy Awards 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 businesses.

But these are Awards voted for by Muddy readers, not editors, so it’s a heartfelt and whopping great THANK YOU to all of you who took part or voted. Enough waffling, the Muddy Awards 2023 winners are…

THE MUDDY AWARDS 2023 WINNERS

Say hello to the BEST…

ART GALLERY: Broadway Gallery (Letchworth Garden City)

BAR: The Wee Vinoteca (Hitchin)

BEAUTY SALON/CLINIC: SkinLab Boutique (Barton-le-Clay)

BOOKSHOP: Next Page Books (Hitchin)

BRIDAL STORE: Dolly’s Bridal Boutique (Chicksands)

BOUTIQUE STAY: The Meadows at Polehanger (Shefford)

CAFÉ: Giggle & Graze (Leighton Buzzard)

CHILDREN’S BUSINESS: Serene Baby (Wootton)

DAY SPA: Y Spa, Wyboston Lakes Resort (Wyboston)

DESTINATION PUB: The Alford Arms (Frithsden)

FAMILY ATTRACTION: Cedars Nature Centre (Waltham Cross)

FARM SHOP/DELI: Disco-licious (Lower Gravenhurst)

FITNESS INSTRUCTOR: Charlotte Philo, Philo Fit (Stevenage)

FLORIST: Julie Cambridge Floral Design (Sandy)

HAIR SALON: Bows Hair and Beauty Salon (Baldock)

HOTEL/INN (30+ ROOMS): The Kingfisher (Bedford)

JEWELLER: Notion Jewellery (Tring)

LIFESTYLE STORE: No. 14 (Ampthill)

LOCAL PRODUCER (FOOD/DRINK): Luke’s Patisserie (Hitchin)

NEW LIFESTYLE START-UP: Blend Organics (Ware)

RESTAURANT: Warehouse Pizza (Berkhamsted)

SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE BUSINESS: The Refill (Leighton Buzzard)

THEATRE/ARTS VENUE: Southern Maltings (Ware)

WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER: Alice Jones Photography (Potton)

WEDDING VENUE: The Barn at The Farmhouse Redcoats (Hitchin)

WOMEN’S FASHION STORE: Rubarb (Hitchin)

YOGA/PILATES STUDIO: The Pilates Workshop (Dunstable)