Winners

Your votes have been counted and – drumroll please – the results are in. Here are your Muddy Awards 2022 winners. Go say hi, they’re local you know!

Oooh, well that was FUN! The Muddy Stilettos Awards 2022 romped to a close last week, the culmination of six weeks of cheer-leading, sharing the love and voting for the most brilliant local businesses across 28 Muddy counties, in partnership with our fab national sponsor Healthily and local partner Kitsons. This year, an astonishing 75,000 businesses nominated and 765,000 votes cast in 2022. I know, bonkers! 

The Muddy Awards are proudly free for all businesses to take part in from beginning to end – we never want small or new businesses to be excluded on the basis of cost. And nine years on from the first Awards, it’s still as exciting as ever to shine a light on brilliant businesses that often go undiscovered and unrecognised.

But these are Awards voted for by Muddy readers, not editors, so it’s a heartfelt and whopping great THANK YOU from me to all of you who took part or voted in 2022. 

And with no further ado, allow me to introduce your winners for 2022 across Devon. All incredible and worthy of a visit – so print off this list (or save to your favourites on Muddy if you’re signed in) and work your way through them until we go again next year!

THE MUDDY STILETTOS AWARDS WINNERS 2022

Say hello to the BEST…

ART SPACE: The Burton at Bideford

BAR: Crafty’s Bar & Restaurant, Barnstaple

BEAUTY SALON: The Retreat Beauty Salon, Barnstaple

BOOKSHOP: The East Gate Bookshop, Totnes

BRIDAL STORE: Champagne & Charlotte, Bideford

BOUTIQUE STAY: Blatchford Briar, Milton Abbot

CAFÉ: The Curious Kitchen, Brixham

CHILDREN’S BUSINESS: Merry Go Round, North Tawton

DAY SPA: Gaia Spa Boringdon, Plymouth

DESTINATION PUB: The Cricket Inn, Beesands

FAMILY ATTRACTION: Pennywell Farm, Buckfastleigh

FARM SHOP/DELI: Strawberry Fields Farm Shop, Lifton

FITNESS INSTRUCTOR: Zoe Bowden, Offbeat Dance & Fitness, Torbay

FLORIST: Amelia’s Flower Farm, Combeinteignhead

HAIR SALON: Forty Nine & Fifth, Barnstaple

HOTEL: Saunton Sands Hotel, Braunton

JEWELLER: Amy Eira Jewellery, Bideford

LIFESTYLE STORE: Sunshine & Snow, Bideford

LOCAL PRODUCER (FOOD/DRINK): Sharpham Cheese, Ashprington

NEW LIFESTYLE START-UP: Bud Houseplants, Plymouth

PHOTOGRAPHER: Jo Cunningham Photography, Topsham

RESTAURANT: New Coast Kitchen, Croyde

SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS: Owens Coffee, Plymouth

THEATRE/ARTS VENUE: Palace Theatre, Paignton

WEDDING VENUE: Watermouth Cove Weddings, Ilfracombe

WOMEN’S FASHION STORE: Fifty5a, Totnes

YOGA/PILATES STUDIO: Space to Move, Plymouth