The Muddy Stilettos Awards are now open and the nominations stage runs until 14th March.
The awards are hugely popular, totally FREE to enter from start to finish, and Oxted businesses featured prominently in last year’s finalists. We can do it again, but we need your help!
Run with positivity, and a sense of fun, the Muddy Awards offer Muddy’s 3.8 million readers a chance to say a massive THANK YOU to their favourite local businesses, helping them promote themselves. A little accolade goes a long way and your votes could make ALL the difference to a small business.
All you need to do is go to the Muddy Surrey site and register your email to vote. You’ll be sent a link to use which allows you to vote once per category. It’s super quick and easy to do.
Click on / go to: https://surrey.muddystilettos.co.uk/awards/categories, head to a category to nominate and follow the instructions.
Here are the categories. There’s an Oxted business that fits each one, so make your vote count!
Best Arts, Culture & Theatre
Culture vultures! Which local theatre, gallery, arts centre, comedy club, or cinema hits your creative buttons?
Best Bar
A brilliant buzz, killer cocktails and bartenders who know their cachaca from their caipirinha – where’s your top watering hole?
Best Beauty Salon / Clinic
Perfect nails, an age-defying facial and natural-looking ‘tweakments’– vote for the salon/clinic that makes you feel gorgeous.
Best Boutique Stay
Beautifully-appointed hotels/self-catering/B&Bs with superior service and style, with less than 30 bedrooms.
Best Café
Maybe it’s the awesome coffee, the club sandwich or the service with a smile. Vote for the café you love here.
Best Casual Dining
Casual but quality! Name the crowd-pleasing restaurant, tapas bar, pizza joint or street food hangout you head to with dates, mates or family.
Best Children’s Business
This category covers all quality children’s businesses, including fashion, shoes, interiors, toys, experiential and baby-specific.
Best Destination Pub
Maybe it’s the location, cosy vibe, phenomenal food or the wine list, vote for a pub so brilliant it’s worth a special trip.
Best Event Venue
From hotel ballrooms and rustic barns to permanent marquees and exclusive-use houses, vote for the chicest venue for weddings, birthdays and soirées.
Best Family Attraction
Whether it’s the wildlife park, kids’ play barn, energy-burning activity centre or museum, vote for the local family attraction that nails it every time.
Best Farmshop/Deli
Do you know a Farmshop or deli where the emphasis is on quality, provenance, friendliness and flair?
Best Fitness Instructor
Let’s get physical! Zumba, Spin, HIIT or your PT – if you can’t do without your Mr or Mrs Motivator.
Best Florist
Don’t just say it with flowers – vote here for a bloomin’ brilliant florist or plant specialist who delivers with flair and vision.
Best Hair Salon
Hairspray at the ready! Life’s too short for bad haircuts. Name the salon you can’t live without for stylish snips and colour perfection.
Best Hotel
Luxury loafing at its finest! Name the hotel or inn with 30+ rooms where the service, style, spa, food and drink never let you down.
Best Lifestyle Store
Swoonworthy interiors and homeware, whether modern, vintage or reclamation – and your go-to for gorgeous gifts.
Best Local Food/Drink Producer
The foodies who bring you the artisan meat, booze, wine, cheeses, oils and bakes – all lovingly produced in the locale.
Best Restaurant
Celebrating? Which fine dining, special occasion restaurant do you have on speed dial? Vote for your gastronomic great here.
Best Wine & Beer Specialist
Don’t bottle it up! Raise your glass and vote for the trusted wine and beer retailer who finds you perfect tipples at great prices.
Best Women’s Fashion/Accessories
Shop local! Vote for your go-to boutique or online indie for fashion, footwear, accessories, jewellery, sportswear and vintage finds.
Best Yoga/Pilates Studio
Whether it’s downward dog or Pilates plank, it’s time to thank your favourite studio for being your flexible friend.
ROUND 2: REGIONAL FINALS (3 APRIL – 18 APRIL 2024) – the top 5 businesses with the most nominations in each category will go through to the Regional Finals. Public voting lasts until 1pm, 18 APRIL 2024 with Regional Winners being announced on 2 MAY 2024 (Election Day!).
ROUND 3: NATIONAL FINALS (3 JULY- 11 JULY 2024) – Regional Winners from every category will automatically go through to the prestigious National Finals. The Muddy Stilettos Editors will judge who is the ‘Best of the Best’ in each category, announcing the National Winners on 11 July 2024.
