A range of local businesses have been selected as finalists in the 2023 Leicestershire and Rutland Muddy Stilettos Awards.

The nation-wide awards recognise businesses and retailers in the public sector who contribute towards the local tourism trade and enhance the lifestyle of the local people.

They take place across various regions annually, and this year include a number of favourites in and around Rutland.

Businesses are nominated by the public, and businesses with the most nominations make the finals.

Now it is time to vote for your favourite.

The top 5 businesses have been nominated across 27 categories:

Art Gallery

Attenborough Arts Centre (Leicester)

Wistow Gallery (Wistow)

Atkins Building (Hinckley) 

Adore Fine Art (Leicester)

Wingates Gallery (Market Harborough)

Bar

Bond Street Distillery (Hinckley) 

Bar 33 Cank Street (Leicester) 

Fur and Feather Bar (Melton Mowbray) 

S.O.A.K Cocktails Co (Loughborough)

Ovation Wine and Spirit Bar (Oakham)

Beauty Salon

Beauty Bar Bistro (Hinckley)

Beautique (Loughborough) 

Revive Skin and Spa (Market Harborough) 

Mark Stacey Lounge (Hinckley)

House Of Beauty By Bailey (Melton Mowbray)

Bookshop

Kibworth Books (Kibworth)

Quinns Bookshop (Market Harborough)

Fox Books (Leicester)

The Rutland Bookshop (Rutland)

Old Curiosity Book Shop (Hathern)

Bridal Store

Alice Rose Bridal (Ashby de la Zouch)

Courtyard Bridal Boutique (Market Harborough)

Dress Me Pretty (Hinckley)

Maisie Darling (Lutterworth)

Lineys Brides (Hinckley) 

Boutique Stay

Breedon Hall (Leicestershire)

The Nevill Arms (Medbourne)

In the Stix (Greetham)

Mallory Meadows (Kirby Mallory) 

The Falcon Hotel (Uppingham) 

Café

Moko (Hinckley)

The Cook in the Nook (Cosby) 

Two Old Goats (Market Harborough) 

Bondade (Leicester)

Bom Bom Patisserie (Loughborough)

Children's Business

Outdoor Explorers (Tur Langton)

Artsters (Wigston)

Bloom Baby South Leics (Kibworth)

Messy Little Rainbows (Coalville)

Discover Outdoors – Forest School (Heather) 

Farmshop/Deli

Otters Fine Foods (Oakham)

Wigston Deli – Not Just a Corner Shop (Wigston)

Stoughton Grange Farm Shop (Oadby)

Farndon Fields (Market Harborough) 

Gates Farm Shop (Oakham)

Day Spa

Stapleford Park Hotel Spa (Melton Mowbray)

Ragdale Hall (Melton Mowbray)

Champneys Springs (Ashby de la Zouch)

The Secret Garden Spa (Lutterworth)

Equilibrium (Oakham) 

Sustainable Business

A Little Less Waste (Melton Mowbray)

No Frills Refill (Ibstock)

Everywhere We Grow (Barwell)

Eco Village (Market Harborough) 

Noelle (Leicestershire)

Fitness Instructor

Dave Clarke, Hybrid Fit (Broughton Astley)

Michelle Ortega, Ortega Performance (Loughborough)

Juliet Sterland, Just Fitness (Market Harborough) 

Becky Mitchell, The Tone Zone (Hinckley)

Amie Lumbard, Sweaty Mama (Leicester South)

Local Food/Drink Producer

Wild & Furrow (Market Harborough)  

Ferneley's Ice Cream at The Dairy Barn Café (Melton Mowbray) 

Two Chimps Coffee (Oakham)

Kingarth Farm Dairy (Burton Overy)

Mallory Made (Hinckley) 

Lifestyle Store

Freckles Gifts (Barrow Upon Soar)

Charlie & Alf's (Oadby)

The Home of Handmade (Woodhouse Eaves)

Ssnug Living (Market Harborough)

Harriman and Co (Leicester)

Hotel/Inn

Rutland Hall Hotel & Spa (Oakham)

The Gresham Aparthotel (Leicester)

The Barnsdale (Oakham)

Kilworth House Hotel (Lutterworth) 

Stapleford Park Hotel (Melton Mowbray)

Hair Salon

Hair Boutique (Barrow Upon Soar)

Taylor & Co (Loughborough)

Flappers and Gentleman (Leicester)

Aura Hair and Beauty (Market Harborough)

Twenty Twenty Hair (Oakham) 

Jeweller

Daisy Rose Jewellery (Quorn)

Thorpe and Brown (Burbage)

Pearces the Jewellers (Melton Mowbray)

Curious Magpie Jewellery (Kibworth) 

Ada Gallery (Market Harborough) 

New Lifestyle Start-up

Silver Lining Sleep Consulting (Leicester)

Windowsill Plants (Market Harborough) 

Artisans of Uppingham (Uppingham)

Stoughton Grange Farm Park (Oadby)

Laura Lane Studios (Market Harborough) 

Family Attraction

Tropical Birdland (Desford)

Visit Conkers (Ashby de la Zouch)

East Street Lanes (Leicester)

National Space Centre (Leicester)

Windmill Farm Park (Kibworth) 

Florist

Daisy and Fox Floral (Woodhouse Eaves)

Florence and Hope (Queniborough)

Niche Flowers (Leicester)

Fleurs en Fleur (Loughborough)

Fleur's Floristry (Melton Mowbray)

Pub

Red Lion (Great Bowden)

The Swan Braybrooke (Market Harborough)

The Griffin Inn (Swithland)

Hercules Revived (Sutton Cheney)

The Wheatsheaf Greetham (Rutland) 

Wedding Photographer

Gina Fernandes Photography (Rutland)

The Little Studio by Kate (Moira)

Megan Wilson Photography (Leicester)

Lovely Creatures (Hinckley)

Amanda Forman (Rutland)

Restaurant

The Grey Goose Gilmorton (Lutterworth)

Fourwards (Earl Shilton)

No 23 Uppingham (Uppingham)

The White Swan Shawell (Lutterworth)

Hitchen's Barn (Oakham)

Theatre/Arts Venue

Curve (Leicester) 

Mountsorrel Memorial Centre (Mountsorrel) 

De Montfort Hall (Leicester) 

Kilworth House Theatre (Lutterworth) 

Loughborough Town Hall (Loughborough) 

Yoga/Pilates Studio

Yoga House (Leicester)

The Nest Wellness and Yoga Studio (Hinckley)

Pilates For All (Market Harborough)

Bikram Yoga Leicester (Leicester)

South Street Loft (Oakham) 

Wedding Venue

Haybales Barn (Burton Ovary) 

The Hall Barns (Loughborough)

Bridge House Barn (Kibworth) 

Hothorpe Hall and Woodlands (Lutterworth)

Ladywood Estate (Oakham)

Women's Fashion Store

Pretty Stories (Hinckley)

Kiss My Dress (Narborough)

Prink (Oakham)

Armcandy Bag Co (Market Harborough)

Black Diamond Boutique (Burbage)

A spokesperson for Muddy Stilettos Rutland and Leicestershire said: "A massive THANK YOU for taking the time to support your awesome local businesses this year – so many of you nominated in the first round of the Awards and, frankly, the response has blown our socks off. And, whilst we wish every brilliant business nominated could make it through, there can only be five finalists in each category and it's up to you to decide who wins the coveted Regional Award."

Each Regional winner will also be considered for the first ever National Muddy Awards, set to take place 6 - 25 July 2023, to find the 'best of the best' across all 28 Muddy counties.

The Awards close on 4 June 2023 11.59PM – so if there's a business you love, make sure you VOTE HERE.