Meet The Muddy Awards 2021 winners
Your votes have been counted and – drumroll please – the results are in! Here are your Muddy Awards 2021 winners. Go say hi, they’re local you know.

Oooh, well that was FUN!
The Muddy Stilettos Awards 2021 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 25 Muddy counties.
After our 2020’s Awards had been curtailed by something called – um, Carvid? Covim? – I think we all yearned this year to really celebrate the creativity, uniqueness and sheer stick-it-out bravery of our best local businesses. Cue an astonishing 75,000 businesses nominated and 750,000 votes cast in 202s. I know, bonkers!
I’ve always proudly run the Muddy Awards on the basis of being free for all businesses to take part in from beginning to end – I never want small or new businesses to be excluded on the basis of cost. And eight years on from the first Awards, it’s still as exciting as ever for me 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 2021.
And with no further ado, allow me to introduce your winners for 2021 across Warwickshire. 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 in June 2022!
Laura x
THE MUDDY STILETTOS AWARDS WINNERS 2021
Say hello to the BEST…
ART GALLERY: Nova Fine Art (Leamington)
BAR: Fizzy Moon Brewhouse & Grill (Leamington)
BEAUTY SALON: The Beauty Cabin (Kenilworth
BOOKSHOP: Warwick Books (Warwick)
BOUTIQUE STAY: Arden House (Stratford-upon-Avon)
BRIDAL DRESS STORE: The White Boutique (Leamington)
CAFÉ: Forrest Coffee House (Kenilworth)
CHILDREN’S BUSINESS: Mudcakes Stay and Playgroup (Fen End)
DAY SPA: Elan Spa, Mallory Court (Leamington)
DESTINATION PUB: The Hatton Arms (Hatton)
FAMILY ATTRACTION: Stratford Butterfly Farm (Stratford-upon-Avon)
FARM SHOP: The Farm Stratford (Stratford-upon-Avon)
FITNESS INSTRUCTOR: Sleek Technique (Leamington)
FLORIST: Geum (Stratford-upon-Avon)
GIFT SHOP: Berylune (Leamington)
GARDEN DESIGNER: Lucy Bravington Design (Stratford-upon-Avon)
HAIR SALON: The Salon (Leamington)
INTERIORS STORE: Hatton and Harding (Warwick)
JEWELLER: Jodie Fern Jewellery (Leamington)
LOCAL PRODUCER (FOOD/DRINK): Warwickshire Gin Company (Leamington)
PHOTOGRAPHER: Ani Evans Photography (Rugby)
RESTAURANT: The Cross (Kenilworth)
NEW BIZ COVID-START UP BUSINESS: The Little Cocktail Bar (Leamington)
THEATRE/ARTS VENUE: Royal Shakespeare Theatre (Stratford-upon-Avon)
WOMEN’S FASHION: Lilac Rose (Leamington)
YOGA/PILATES STUDIO: Living Your Yoga (Kenilworth)
WEDDING VENUE: Compton Verney (Compton Verney)