The Muddy Awards 2017: the finalists
Sooo many votes to count. I'm number blind, but we have our finalists. Did your faves make the top 5?
OMG! It has been a massive task of bean-counting to work out who the Finalists in this year’s Muddy Stilettos Awards are but we have our shortlist – 135 businesses in 27 categories, all vying for your love!
There are loads of BRILLIANT businesses to vote for and they are already throwing everything at it, which makes it so exciting!
Thank you to those of you who voted in Round 1 – we totally broke the Internet, woo hoo! (back up and running now though, phew!) – and for the many businesses involved. I feel really conflicted today as I’m obviously delighted for the businesses who go through but seriously gutted for those don’t. If you didn’t make it through, then I hope 2018 is your year.
Anyway, check out all the Finalists below and make sure you go and visit them – voting starts at midday on Wednesday 7 June and closes at midday Wednesday 14 June.
Rachel x
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BEST ART GALLERY
Robin’s Nest Gallery (Wargrave)
Epoch3 (Caversham)
Lemongrove Gallery (Reading)
Circle Gallery (Sunninghill)
Whitewall Gallery (Newbury)
BEST BAR
Be at One (Reading)
No.5 St Leonards (Windsor)
Platinum Mobile Bar (Newbury)
The Newbury (Newbury)
The Redan (Wokingham)
BEST BEAUTY SALON
A Beauty Revolution (Wokingham)
Andresa (Aldermaston)
Belle Chic (Hungerford)
Berkshire Aesthetics (Maidenhead)
Barkham Beauty Rooms (Wokingham)
BEST BOOKSHOP
Oxfam Bookshop (Reading
Books & Bygones (Shinfield)
The Hungerford Bookshop (Hungerford)
World Shop Books (Reading)
Sue Steel – Usborne Books
BEST BOUTIQUE STAYS
Bray Cottages (Bray)
The Royal Oak (Yattendon)
The Pheasant (Lambourn)
The Eton Mess (Eton)
Bel & The Dragon (Cookham)
BEST CAFE
Siblings Home (Caversham)
Robyn’s Nest Cafe (Warfield)
The Pantry (Yattendon)
Cafe Pineapple (Thatcham)
Cinnamon Cafe (Windsor)
BEST CHILDREN’S BUSINESS
First Days Boutique (Wokingham)
The Little Piggy (Wokingham)
Islaboo Homemade (Bucklebury)
Beanstalk Keepsakes (Bracknell)
Sparky’s Drama (Cookham)
BEST COMPLEMENTARY THERAPY CENTRE
The Floating Point (Pangbourne)
Haven Wellbeing Hub (Wokingham)
Orchard Clinic (Upper Basildon)
The Massage Room (Caversham)
Re-Balance (Caversham)
BEST DAY SPA
Coworth Park (Ascot)
The Vineyard (Stockcross)
Nirvana Spa (Wokingham)
Donnington Valley Spa (Newbury)
Swan at Streatley Spa (Streatley)
BEST DELI/ FARM SHOP
Al’s Family Butcher (Moss End)
Vicar’s (Ashampstead)
Saddleback Farm (Brightwalton)
Tastes Delicatessen (Eton)
Cook & Butcher (Thatcham)
BEST DESTINATION PUB
The Newbury (Newbury)
The Royal Oak (Yattendon)
The Bladebone (Bucklebury)
The Crown (Bray)
Bel & the Dragon (Cookham)
BEST FAMILY ATTRACTION
Cobbs Play Barn (Hungerford)
Bucklebury Farm Park (Bucklebury)
Reading Climbing Centre (Reading)
Atom Trampoline Park (Reading)
Wellington Country Park (Riseley)
BEST FITNESS INSTRUCTOR
Heidi Strickland-Clark, Fast Track Fitcamp (Wokingham)
Sam Beagle, U-Fit Bootcamp (Slough)
Joanna Nightingale, Nightingale Fitness (Newbury)
Jo Asplin, Willing Spirit (Bracknell)
Kate, Spin City (Newbury)
BEST FLORIST
The White Horse Flower Co. (Newbury)
Martin & the Magpie (Hungerford)
Buttercups & Daisies (Thatcham)
Devine Florist (Cookham)
Richard Elder (Maidenhead)
BEST GIFT SHOP
Gift Pop (Newbury)
The Corner Shop (Woolhampton)
Handmade Craft Co. (Wokingham)
Tinkers (Bracknell)
Story (Bray)
BEST HAIR SALON
Gilded Hair (Wokingham)
Nylon (Reading)
Salon 55 (Crowthorne)
Julian’s (Newbury)
Honey B (Wokingham)
BEST INTERIORS
Holme Interiors (Wokingham)
Maison Rustic (Wokingham)
Epoch 3 (Caversham)
No.96 Furnishings (Newbury)
Elephant Monkey (Thatcham)
BEST JEWELLERY STORE
Strange The Jewellers (Wokingham)
Escape Jewellery (Newbury)
Rococo Jewellery (Wokingham)
Amulette (Reading)
Limezest Jewellery (Newbury)
BEST LOCAL PRODUCER (FOOD/DRINK)
Tutts Clump Cider (Tutts Clump)
The Jam Lady (Caversham)
Dublicious (Windsor)
Como en Casa (Maidenhead)
Primal Pantry (Maidenhead)
BEST MEN’S STORE
Zobia (Windsor)
Michael Chell (Windsor)
Dapper Street (Newbury)
Peakes (Maidenhead)
Warwicks (Windsor)
BEST RESTAURANT
Oxford Blue (Old Windsor)
Bluebells (Ascot)
L’Ortolan (Shinfield)
Hinds Head (Bray)
The Woodspeen (Newbury)
BEST THEATRE
Corn Exchange (Newbury)
Norden Farm (Maidenhead)
The Hexagon (Reading)
Whitty Theatre (Wokingham)
The Watermill (Newbury)
BEST WINE SHOP
Inn at Home (Newbury)
Old Butcher’s Wine Cellar (Cookham)
Colucci’s (Reading)
The Tasting House (Reading)
The Wine Man (Yattendon)
BEST WOMEN’S BOUTIQUE
Fifi & Moose (Newbury)
Vandalised With Love (Wokingham)
White Coco (Hungerford)
Lizzie’s Hats (Lambourn)
Timpanys (Sunninghill)
BEST YOGA/PILATES STUDIO
Inspire Hot Yoga (Maidenhead)
Power of Pilates (Reading)
Soulstice Wellbeing (Newbury)
Sarvanga Yoga (Wokingham)
Oh So Yoga (Reading)
BEST PHOTOGRAPHER
Chris Kemp (Newbury)
Abi Moore (Windsor)
Benjamin Stuart (Wokingham)
Adam Hillier (Thatcham)
Summers Photography (Wokingham)
BEST GLAMPING
Kushti Cabins (Pangbourne)
Hollington Park Glamping (Newbury)
Shepherd’s Hut (Chieveley)
The Lovely Tent Company (Winnersh)
Glampotel (Sanctum on the Green)
4 comments on “The Muddy Awards 2017: the finalists”
Best Men’s hairdresser/barber?
Having come across so many cool barbers, I’m hoping the Muddy Awards 2018 will have this fab new category. Watch this space
Tuts Clump cider is bar far the best cider I have ever tasted. They will get my vote everytime.
Perfect weather for it (hic)