NINTEEN businesses from Basingstoke, Andover and the surrounding areas have been nominated to win a lifestyle award.
Now in their tenth year, The Muddy Stilettos Awards, in association with sponsor Paris Smith Solicitors, are back with a bang.
The awards are free to enter and are the UK’s most prestigious lifestyle business awards, providing well-deserved publicity and kudos for winners.
Following the first round of nominations in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight across 27 lifestyle categories, only the top five businesses with the most nominations in each category have made it into the finals.
Running to Sunday, June 4, all previous votes have been wiped clean from the nomination round and the second round of voting has begun, with customers and supporters invited to vote in the finals for their favourite businesses.
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This year, there are two new categories – Best Beauty Salon/Clinic and Best Wedding Photographer. Plus – back by popular demand – the award for Best New Lifestyle Business Start-up, for those plucky entrepreneurs who set up in the past year.
Muddy Stilettos is the biggest luxury lifestyle site outside London, reaching 1.2 million women every month across 28 counties to make the most of where they live, with inside info on the most exciting, unique and wonderful things to do.
Customers and supporters can vote for the brilliant Hampshire and Isle of Wight businesses in the finals at hants.muddystilettos.co.uk/vote.
Winners will be announced on June 13.
Every regional winner will automatically go forward to the ‘Winner of Winners’ National Muddy Awards. So not only do businesses in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight have the chance to win a coveted regional crown, but they’re also in with a chance of being selected as the ‘Best of the Best’ overall Muddy National Winner in their category.
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The nominees:
ART GALLERY
Chalk’s Gallery (Lymington)
Seaview Art Gallery (Seaview)
Forest & Cove (Romsey)
Cowes Gallery (Cowes)
Palais des Vaches (Exbury)
BAR
Salt Bar at Stanwell House (Lymington)
SP Bar (Andover)
Rita’s Bar & Kitchen (Southampton)
Compass Bar (Cowes)
Cassidy’s Bar (Alton)
BEAUTY SALON/CLINIC
TIME to be ME (Petersfield)
Karma Beauty Therapy (Titchfield)
The Lymington Skin Clinic (Lymington)
Hebe Beauty Salon (Denmead)
Touch Health & Beauty (Eastleigh)
BOOKSHOP
The Imaginarium (Lymington)
Medina Books (Cowes)
One Tree Books (Petersfield)
Goldfinch Books (Alton)
October Books (Southampton)
BOUTIQUE STAY
The Bell Inn New Forest (Brook)
The Terrace (Ventor)
The Peat Spade Inn (Longstock)
Stanwell House (Lymington)
Pinkmead Estate & Vineyard (Newport)
BRIDAL STORE
Hannah Elizabeth Bridal (Botley)
House of Boêmia (Alresford)
Something Old Something New (Hythe)
Olive Blossom Bridal (Overton)
Bridal Indulgence (Crondall)
CAFÉ
Cross Kitchen (Emsworth)
Dimbola Tearoom (Freshwater Bay)
Dill (Alton)
The Yard (Chilton Candover)
The Natural Food Deli (Petersfield)
CHILDREN’S BUSINESS
Ash & Co. Workshops (Crondall)
Marmy and Me (Eastleigh)
Little Paw (Andover)
Bambino Baby (Petersfield)
QWERTYkids (North Waltham)
DAY SPA
New Park Manor (Brockenhurst)
Careys Manor Hotel & SenSpa (Brockenhurst)
Chewton Glen Hotel & Spa (New Milton)
Herb House Spa at Limewood Hotel (Lyndhurst)
Solent Hotel & Spa (Whiteley)
DESTINATION PUB
The Cricketer’s Inn (Curdridge)
The Bell Inn New Forest (Brook)
The Baker’s Arms (Droxford)
The Hanger (Oakhanger)
The Gun Inn (Keyhaven)
FAMILY ATTRACTION
Tapnell Farm Park (Yarmouth)
Marwell Zoo (Colden Common)
Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary (Wroxall)
Sky Park Farm (Petersfield)
Hawk Conservancy Trust (Andover)
FARMSHOP/DELI
The Larder (Liss)
Beechcroft Farm Shop & Tea Barn (Winchester)
Bellord & Brown (Beaulieu)
Newlyns (North Warnborough)
Madeleine’s Kitchen (Petersfield)
FITNESS INSTRUCTOR
Yvonne Rolfe, Y Fitness (Basingstoke)
Anika Billing, Personal Trainer (Southsea)
Carla Reed, Solfit (Curdridge)
Chloe Russell, Personal Trainer (Winchester)
Jenna Perkins, Choreofit (Basingstoke)
FLORIST
Summer Lilly’s Flowers (Newport)
HeartBee Flowers (Winchester)
Ivy & Wild (Southampton)
Maia’s Flowers (Petersfield)
Wild Rose Floral Design (Whitchurch)
HAIR SALON
Jack & the Wolfe (Lymington)
LORD Hair Salon (Winchester)
Summers and Co Hair Boutique (Clanfield)
Salon 73 (Andover)
Elite Hair Salon (Chandler’s Ford)
HOTEL/INN 30+ ROOMS
Balmer Lawn (Brockenhurst)
Carey’s Manor Hotel & SenSpa (Brockenhurst)
The Grosvenor Hotel (Stockbridge)
Old Thorns Hotel & Resort (Liphook)
Lainston House (Winchester)
JEWELLER
Charlotte Cornelius Jewellery (Southsea)
Olivia Brown Jewellery (Alton)
David Mellor (Eastleigh)
Greenwood Goldsmiths (Hartley Wintney)
Rebecca Oxenham Jewellery (Southampton)
LIFESTYLE STORE
The Hambledon (Winchester)
Niche (Denmead)
H&B Style (Winchester)
Overton Gallery (Overton)
No.64 Biscuit House (Milford-on-Sea)
LOCAL FOOD/DRINK PRODUCER
108 The Bakery (Romsey)
New Forest Shortbread (Brockenhurst)
Lusso Leaf (Stockbridge)
Winchester Coffee Roasters (Winchester)
New Forest Fish (New Milton)
NEW LIFESTYLE START-UP
Fig & Fox (Romsey)
The Canopy (Petersfield)
The Imaginarium (Lymington)
House of Boêmia (Alresford)
Restaurant AO (Southampton)
RESTAURANT
Restaurant AO (Southampton)
The Briny (Southsea)
The Old Mill (Botley)
Pulpo Negro (Alresford)
Smoking Lobster (Cowes)
SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE BUSINESS
Duxmore Botanics (Newport)
Lemon & Jinja (Romsey)
Little Orangutan (Havant)
The Naked Pantry (New Milton)
Earthian Zero Waste Shop (Winchester)
THEATRE/ARTS VENUE
Theatre Royal Winchester (Winchester)
The Kings Theatre (Southsea)
Hanger Farm Arts Centre (Totton)
The Point (Eastleigh)
The Anvil (Basingstoke)
WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER
Benjamin Stuart Photography (Tadley)
Clearly Wild Photography (Portsmouth)
NK Photography (Stockbridge)
Jessica Hayman Photography (Southampton)
Tom Langford Wedding Photographer (Portsmouth)
WEDDING VENUE
The Grange (Northington)
Wickham Estate (Shedfield)
Kimbridge Barn (Kimbridge)
Balmer Lawn (Brockenhurst)
The Elvetham (Hartley Wintney)
WOMEN’S FASHION STORE
Blue by the Sea (Yarmouth)
Luxury Bubble (Fordingbridge)
Sass & Edge (Winchester)
Cashmere Goose (Hartley Wintney)
Velvet & Rose (Petersfield)
YOGA/PILATES
Brims Yoga (Otterbourne)
LANO Yoga (Southsea)
Pilates Studio New Forest (Hythe)
Reactivate Pilates (Sheet, Petersfield)
Donnamarie Fitness (Sherfield English)
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