Devon Local Businesses Take Top Spot in 2024 Muddy Stilettos Awards
Now in their 11th year, the hotly contested 2024 Muddy Stilettos Regional Awards have been announced with 21 brilliant local indie businesses winning the coveted lifestyle crowns across Devon.
Sponsored locally by Kitson Boyce and nationally by Tide Banking, readers of the award-winning lifestyle website Muddy Stilettos have been nominating and voting in their hundreds of thousands for their favourite independent businesses across 21 different lifestyle categories – from Best Destination Pub to Yoga/Pilates Studio, Boutique Stay to Local Food/Drink producer – and shining a light on the most creative, unique indie businesses across the counties.
Reaching over 10 million people nationally in 8 weeks, over 515,000 votes and nominations were cast nationwide, making it the most popular Muddy Awards to date.
Free to enter from start to finish, all the winners of Muddy Awards have been announced today on https://devon.muddystilettos.co.uk/awards/winners
The roll-call of Devon Winners by area is as follows:
EXETER AREA
Best Children’s Business: Squid & The Kid, Topsham
Best Local Food/Drink Producer: Bar Buoy, Exmouth
Best Event Venue: Rockbeare Manor, Rockbeare
MID DEVON & DARTMOOR
Best Florist: Catkin Blooms, Winkleigh
Best Bar: SeventySix Bar & Kitchen, Tavistock
Best Farm Shop/Deli: Strawberry Fields Farm Shop, Lifton
Best Boutique Stay: Nymetwood Treehouses, Spreyton
Best Lifestyle Store: PAD, Ashburton
NORTH DEVON & EXMOOR
Best Destination Pub: The Rising Sun, Lynmouth
Best Hotel: Woolacombe Bay Hotel, Woolacombe
Best Yoga/Pilates Studio: Quay Movement, Bideford
Best Café: Six on Castle, Bampton
Best Wine & Beer Specialist: Corks and Cru, Bampton
PLYMOUTH AREA
Best Arts, Culture & Theatre: Plymouth Arts Cinema, Plymouth
Best Casual Dining: Cosmic Kitchen, Plymouth
Best Family Attraction: The Box Museum, Plymouth
Best Women’s Fashion/Accessories:The Cut Label, Ivybridge
SOUTH HAMS
Best Restaurant: Twenty Seven by Jamie Rogers, Kingsbridge
Best Fitness Instructor: Jolanta Radko, Phoenix Transformation Gym, Loddiswell
Best Beauty Salon/Clinic: Alison Miller Skincare & Aesthetics , Totnes
Best Hair Salon: Amanda Marsden, Totnes
All regional winners in Devon, along with winners from the other Muddy counties, will automatically go through to the 2024 National Awards and five businesses in each category will be picked by the Muddy Stilettos Editors to go through to the National Finals, with the ‘Best of the Best’ Winners crowned in July 2024.
Generating a great sense of community spirit, the Muddy Stilettos Awards are a great way for locals to say ‘thank you’ to their most loved indie shops, and for independent businesses to use the accolade of a Muddy Award to grow their businesses further.
Hero Brown, founder and Editor-in-chief of Muddy Stilettos says: “I set up these awards 11 years ago to give local lifestyle indies a chance to shine. It’s been an honour to showcase these most creative, innovative lifestyle businesses across Devon, in partnership with our local Devon sponsor Kitson Boyce and Tide banking nationally. The response to this year’s Muddy Awards has been incredible with thousands voting to support an amazing array of local businesses big and small.”
The full list of Muddy Awards 2024 Winners across all 28 counties nationally is available at https://muddystilettos.co.uk/awards/counties/