Three Bury St Edmunds venues, Wine Cellar, Angel Hotel and Theatre Royal through to final of Muddy Stilettos Awards
A trio of Bury St Edmunds venues have scooped the top title in an annual lifestyle awards.
The Wine Cellar, in Buttermarket, The Angel Hotel, Angel Hill, and Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, Westgate Street, have all been named as the winners for the Suffolk and Cambridgeshire region Muddy Stilletos Awards.
The Wine Cellar won the New Lifestyle Start-Up category, Angel Hotel, the best Hotel/Inn category and Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, the Theatre/Arts venue category.
They all now go forward for the National Muddy Awards to find the ‘best of the best’ across all 28 Muddy award counties, the next few weeks.
Across the country, the awards, attracted 77,000 businesses 800,000 votes.
Bradley Dorrington, founder of the Wine Cellar, said: “It is incredible that we have won a regional award within our first 11 months of being open, something that I had never even imagined would have happened.
“For it to be within a competition that has been voted for by customers and members of the public is even more rewarding.”
Hero Brown, founder and editor-in-chief, Muddy Stiletto, said: “For a whole decade we’ve helped to promote plucky local businesses and high streets by championing originality, creativity and quality on our website and in our Awards.
“The Muddy Stilettos Awards are the most coveted awards for small independent lifestyle businesses across the country, now across a whopping 28 counties.
“Thanks to every one who nominated and voted.”
The full list of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire regional winners are:
Art Gallery: VK Gallery (St Ives)
Bar: La Vida Show Bar (Felixstowe)
Beauty Salon/ Clinic: Look Wright Aesthetics (Ipswich)
Bookshop: Dial Lane Books (Ipswich)
Boutique Stay: The Old Hall Ely (Ely)
Bridal Store: Harvey’s of Ramsey (Ramsey)
Café: Carriages of Cambridge (Fen Drayton)
Children’s Business: Colby & Co (St Neots)
Day Spa: The Gainsborough Health Club & Day Spa
Destination Pub: The Plough (Coton)
Family Attraction: Ferry Meadows (Peterborough)
Farmshop/ Deli: Johnsons of Old Hurst (Huntingdon)
Fitness Instructor: Infinite Potential Fitness (Stowmarket)
Florist: Passionate Flowers (Over)
Hair Salon: Meraki Hair Design (St Ives)
Hotel/ Inn: The Angel Hotel (Bury St Edmunds)
Jeweller: G. Tydeman Jewellers (Stowmarket)
Lifestyle Store: Adorn (Ramsey)
Local Food/ Drink Producer: Cakes and Bakes by Emma (Needingworth)
New Lifestyle Start-Up: The Wine Cellar (Bury St Edmunds)
Restaurant: MJP @ The Shepherds (Fen Ditton)
Sustainable Lifestyle Business: The Little Fenland Eco Shop (Ramsey)
Theatre/ Arts Venue: Theatre Royal (Bury St Edmunds)
Wedding Photographer: Craig Howkins Photography (St Ives)
Wedding Venue: The Tudor Barn Belstead (Belstead)
Women’s Fashion Store: Tilley & Grace (Suffolk)
Yoga/ Pilates Studio: FRESH. (Ely)
