Over 100 businesses have been chosen to compete for a coveted award to be named the best in the county.

Bars, cafes, attractions and other cultural businesses have been nominated in this year’s Muddy Stilettos Awards celebrating the top venues from across Sussex.

The 2024 awards will see 105 businesses battle it out in 21 categories, with the winners possibly being named the best in the UK.

Full list of Muddy Stilettos nominees

Arts, Culture and Theatre Venues

  • Ceramic Spirit, Horsham
  • Chalk Gallery, Lewes
  • Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
  • Shoreline Gallery, Worthing
  • The Clay Studio, Herons Ghyll

Bars

  • Artist Residence, Brighton
  • Babel's, Hastings
  • Five Dots, Worthing
  • The Golden Pineapple, Brighton
  • Wermut Bar, St.Leonards On Sea

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Beauty Salons and Clinics

  • Banwell Clinic, East Grinstead
  • Bespoke You, Hove
  • Blush Beauty, Mayfield
  • The Spa Club, Arundel
  • The Urban Sanctuary, Haywards Heath

Boutique Stays

  • Belle Tout Lighthouse, Eastbourne
  • Luxury Boltholes, West Wittering
  • Luxury Tree House Retreats, Midhurst
  • The Old Railway Station, Petworth
  • The Star, Alfriston

Cafes

  • Coco & Sage, Nutley
  • Hart Country Stores, Haywards Heath
  • Mincka Coffee, Haywards Heath
  • Pink Pit Stop, Streat
  • The Café At The Old Workshop Sullington Manor Farm, Storrington

Casual Dining

  • Boat House, Chichester
  • Galleria, St Leonards
  • Halisco, Brighton
  • Monellis, Hastings
  • Pebbles On The Beach, Bexhill

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Children's Businesses

  • Bee In The Woods Kindergarten, Brighton
  • Imogen Ruby, Steyning
  • Magnificent Stanley, Lewes
  • The Outdoors Project, Hove
  • Turning Pointe Dance School, Haywards Heath

Destination Pubs

  • Black Horse, Amberley
  • The Cat Inn, West Hoathly
  • The Eight Bells, Jevington
  • The Half Moon, Kirdford
  • The Welldiggers Arms, Petworth

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Event Venues

  • Greentrees Estate, Haywards Heath
  • Highley Manor, Balcombe Highley Manor
  • Tottington Manor, Henfield
  • Trading Boundaries, Fletching
  • Two Woods Estate, Pulborough

Family Attractions

  • Amberley Museum, Arundel
  • Bodiam Boating Station, Rye
  • Bodiam Castle, Robertsbridge
  • Middle Farm, West Firle
  • Wilderness Wood, Hadlow Down

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Farm shops and Delis

  • Butterbox Farm, Scaynes Hill
  • Cowdray Farm Shop, Midhurst
  • Eggs To Apples, Etchingham
  • Rye Deli, Rye
  • The Hungry Guest, Petworth

Fitness Instructors

  • 1 Force Fitness, Newhaven
  • Duke Pilates, Horsham
  • Energise PT, Ashington
  • Louise Cornish Fitness, Mid Sussex
  • Ollie Booth Fitness, Horsham

Florists

  • Bryony Mae Flowers, Hassocks
  • Fern Cottage Florist, Uckfield
  • The Art Bunch, Ticehurst
  • The Crazy Daisy Company, Horsham
  • Wildflower Studio Florist, Bognor Regis

Hair Salons

  • Q Hair And Beauty, Chichester
  • Samantha Elizabeth Hair Salon, Hawywards Heath
  • Tic Toc Hair, Hastings
  • Tracy Walker Hair Salon, Arundel
  • Westworks Collective, Hastings

Hotels

  • Alexander House Hotel, Turners Hill
  • Bailiffscourt Hotel & Spa, Climping
  • The George In Rye, Rye
  • The Relais Cooden Beach, Bexhill
  • South Lodge, Horsham

Lifestyle Stores

  • Beau Candles, Pulborough
  • Cove Coastal Living, Eastbourne
  • Hunter Jones, Rye
  • Ripples, Lindfield
  • Store, Brighton

Food and Drinks Producers

  • Knepp Wild Range Meat, Dial Post
  • Mialls, Lindfield
  • Mousehall, Wadhurst
  • Pollyanna's Kitchen, Pulborough
  • Squished, Chichester

Restaurants

  • Burnt Orange, Brighton
  • E.Street Bar & Grill, Petworth
  • Fork, Lewes
  • Purchases, Chichester  
  • The Parsons Table, Arundel

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Wine and Beer Specialists

  • Butlers Wine Cellar, Brighton
  • Long Man Brewery, Polegate
  • Sarah's Cellar, Battle
  • Palate Bottle Shop, Shoreham
  • The Bottle of Hastings, Hastings

Women's Fashion and Accessories

  • Colette, Rye
  • Doodie Stark, Lindfield
  • Green Room, Steyning
  • Nielson, Cuckfield
  • Nord, Lewes

Yoga and Pilates Studios

  • Kelly Slade Yoga, Polegate
  • Lano, Chichester
  • Old Town Yoga, Hastings
  • Sona Studio, Lindfield
  • The Movement, Haywards Heath

Voting for the Muddy Stiletto Awards can be done online and is open until 1pm on April 18.