The finalists of the 2026 Cheshire Muddy Stilettos Awards have been revealed.

Crewe and Nantwich is well represented, with 16 nominations in South Cheshire.

Described as the 'UK's most coveted awards for brilliant independent lifestyle businesses', the winners of the 2026 Cheshire Muddy Awards will be determined by an online public vote.

Voting will close at 1pm on May 26.

Below, you will find the full list of finalists with businesses in Crewe and Nantwich highlighted in bold:

Cheshire Muddy Awards 2026 Finalists

Best Afternoon Tea

• 744 Experience (Tattenhall)
• Barnshaw Smithy (Mobberley)
• Dormouse Haven (Northwich)
• Ginger & Pickles (Tarporley)
• Mottram Hall (Mottram)
• Oddfellows (Chester)
• Poppy Rose Tea Room (Northwich)
• Rookery Hall Hotel (Nantwich)
• The Chester Grosvenor (Chester)
• The Gardener's Cottage, Tatton Park (Knutsford)

Best Artisan Food & Drink Producer

• Bradwall Bakehouse (Sandbach)
• Crave Coffee (Nantwich)
• Flour Water Salt (Macclesfield)
• Happy Valley Coffee (Macclesfield)
• La Choquette (Poynton)
• Mobberley Ice Cream Co. (Mobberley)
• Sam Joseph Chocolates (Chester)
• Weetwood Brewery and Distillery (Kelsall)
• The Real Fruit Creamery (Knutsford)
• Three Wrens Gin (Cholmondeley)

Best Arts, Culture & Theatre

• Chester Cathedral (Chester)
• Cinemac (Macclesfield)
• Crewe Lyceum Theatre (Crewe)
• Hepplestone Art Gallery (Wilmslow)
• Jodrell Bank (Chelford)
• Norton Priory Museum and Gardens (Runcorn)
• Oil Art Advisory (Knutsford)
• Parr Hall (Warrington)
• Storyhouse (Chester)
• The Rex Cinema (Wilmslow)

Best Bar

• Coupe! (Bollington)
• Dexter & Jones (Knutsford)
• Metronome Jazz Bar (Chester)
• Plana Terra (Chester)
• Rooftop Social (Chester)
• Suburban Green (Wilmslow)
• The Bubble Room (Alderley Edge)
• The Cobbles (Sandbach)
• The Mucky Pup (Wilmslow)
• Town House (Sandbach)

Best Beauty Salon / Clinic

• Beautiful (Wilmslow)
• BP Studio (Audlem)
• Dr Sknn (Wilmslow)
• Gillie Lane PMU (Wilmslow)
• Headspa.ce (Alderley Edge)
• Kast Aesthetics (Sandbach)
• Mozu Studio (Adlington)
• Serenity (Poynton)
• The Eyebrow Edit (Ashley)
• TLC Beauty (Tarporley)

Best Boutique Stay

• Cheshire Boutique Barns (Wrenbury)
• Combermere Abbey North Wing (Nantwich)
• New Farm Cheshire Glamping (Wettenhall)
• Oddfellows (Chester)
• Overwater Marina (Nantwich)
• Tarporley Shacks (Tarporley)
• Tattenhall Marina (Tattenhall)
• The Cholmondeley Arms (Cholmondeley)
• The Hollies Retreats (Tarporley)
• The Roebuck Inn (Mobberley)

Best Café

• Brook Lane Coffee Co (Alderley Edge)
• Cafe Azul (Poynton)
• Celeste (Holmes Chapel)
• Detaljer (Knutsford)
• Mobberley Ice Cream Co., (Mobberley)
• Neki Cafe (Knutsford)
• Nomad (Macclesfield)
• PRESS (Hartford)
• Tatton Perk (Chelford)
• The Green (Bollington)

Best Casual Dining

• Jordy's (Nantwich)
• New Chester Market (Chester)
• Picturedrome (Macclesfield)
• Stile Napoletano (Chester)
• Terrarium (Tarporley)
• The Depot (Macclesfield)
• The Fire Station Social Cucina (Tarporley)
• Tommy's Bar and Pizza (Macclesfield)
• Vinehop (Poynton)
• Wood Fire Smoke (Wilmslow)

Best Children's Business

• Bizzy's Play Cafe (Nantwich)
• Echo Performing Arts Academy (Alderley Edge)
• Happy Little Signers (Middlewich)
• Ivy & Noah (Nantwich)
• Nestle & Bloom Baby Co. (Nantwich)
• Oh Sew Chlo (Crewe)
• Pickle & Podge (Wilmslow)
• Polly and Tots (Tarporley)
• Toddler Sense (Cheshire East)
• Tollers Toys (Nantwich)

Best Family Experience

• Bents Garden and Home (Glazebury)
• BeWILDerwood (Bickley Moss)
• Castaway Play (Congleton)
• Chester Zoo (Chester)
• Cotebrook Shire Horse Centre (Tarporley)
• Just So Festival (Scholar Green)
• Tatton Farm at Tatton Park (Knutsford)
• The Crocky Trail (Waverton)
• The Ice Cream Farm (Tattenhall)
• Z (Stockton Heath)

Best Farm Shop / Deli

• Brook House Farm Shop (Mottram)
• Kenyon Hall Farm (Croft)
• Knowles Green (Bollington)
• No, 74 Deli (Bollington)
• Rose Farm Shop (Tarporley)
• The Cheshire Mercantile (Wilmslow)
• The Cheshire Smokehouse (Morley Green)
• The Hollies Farm Shop (Tarporley)
• The Lambing Shed (Knutsford)
• York & Co (Knutsford)

Best Fashion & Interiors

• Arighi Bianchi (Macclesfield)
• Arthur Lee (Knutsford)
• Baile Home (Tarporley)
• Black White Denim (Wilmslow)
• Blushing Susie (Wilmslow)
• Dress Cheshire (Prestbury)
• R.I Home (Knutsford)
• Seasons at 55 (Tarporley)
• Styled Boutique (Chester)
• Tabernam (Tarporley)

Best Florist

• Chelsea Flowers (Wilmslow)
• Dafferns (Knutsford)
• Fox & Bloom (Knutsford)
• Grove & Green (Sandbach)
• Meadow at Moss Lane (Mobberley)
• Reva Botanicals (Tarporley)
• Rosa Gabriella (Hartford)
• Silk & Wild (Wilmslow)
• The Flower House (Macclesfield)
• The Little Green Hub (Northwich)

Best Hair Salon

• Athena (Alderley Edge)
• Benny and Co (Knutsford)
• Bunbury Hair (Bunbury)
• Clay & Blossom (Ashley)
• David Anthony (Wilmslow)
• Hair by Martyna Grant (Hoole)
• House of Quirk (Northwich)
• JOSE Hair Sessions (Wilmslow)
• Nicole James (Tarporley)
• The Retreat @23 (Knutsford)

Best-Loved Local Pub

• Carden Arms (Tilston)
• The Bell's of Peover (Lower Peover)
• The Bull's Head (Mobberley)
• The Church Inn (Mobberley)
• The Fox & Barrel (Tarporley)
• The Inn at Huxley (Huxley)
• The Jolly Gardeners (Chester)
• The Swan at Marbury (Nantwich)
• The White Horse (Churton)
• Welles & Cross (Sandbach)

Best Restaurant

• Cornichon (Tarvin)
• Define Food and Wine (Northwich)
• Groobarb's Field Kitchen (High Legh)
• La Popote (Marton)
• LI-LY by Aiden Byrne (Knutsford)
• Linden Stores (Knutsford)
• Next Door (Frodsham)
• Noted (Chester)
• Restaurant 209 (Farndon)
• The Forge (Chester)

Best Sport / Fitness Instructor

• Ali Crawford, FITISM (Wilmslow)
• Eden Crane at TRAIN (Sandbach)
• Emma Munsch (Wilmslow)
• Jason Henshall, Casbah Fitness (Knutsford)
• Katy Bedson, The Pilates Studio Cheshire (Crewe)
• Liv Richardson Fitness (Macclesfield)
• Lottie Stanton, Moveology (Nantwich)
• Mind Body and Fitness with Clare (Tarporley)
• Rachel Tricky (Wilmslow)
• Vikki Thomas, VT Personal Training (Macclesfield)

Best Wedding & Party Venue

• Arley Hall (Northwich)
• Bolesworth Estate (Tattenhall)
• Cheshire Woodland Weddings (Northwich)
• Combermere Abbey (Nantwich)
• Larkspur Lodge (Knutsford)
• Owen House Wedding Barn (Mobberley)
• Scarlett Hall (Malpas)
• Swanley Meadows (Congleton)
• The Hidden Barn at 94 (Knutsford)
• The Old Doghouse at the Inn (Allostock)

Best Wellbeing Specialist

• Aqua Massage Therapy (Mobberley)
• Cheshire Holistic Healing (Knutsford)
• Destination Padel (Northwich)
• Eden Reflexology (Wilmslow)
• Ellis Sports Therapy (Wilmslow)
• Nikki Hill Apothecary (Wilmslow)
• The Coald Club (Tarporley)
• Therapy Organics (Wilmslow)
• WILD & WILD (county wide)
• Yoga Social Club (Wilmslow Alderley Edge and Prestbury)

Best Wellness Break

• Aria Spa (Warrington)
• Carden Park (Chester)
• Manor House Hotel and Spa (Alsager)
• Mottram Hall (Chester)
• Rookery Hall Hotel (Nantwich)
• Sanare Spa (Tarporley)
• Shrigley Hall (Pott Shrigley)
• Spa by Kasia at Grosvenor Pulford Hotel & Spa (Chester)
• You Spa (Sandbach)
• Your Chester Spa (Chester)

Best Yoga / Pilates Studio

• Ashtanga Cheshire Studios (Sandbach)
• BED Utkinton (Tarporley)
• Hot Pod Yoga (Northwich)
• Pilates NW Studio (Warrington)
• Runway Pilates (Alderley Edge)
• Satya Sancutary (Knutsford)
• Studio 34 (Alderley Edge)
• The Pilates Studio Cheshire (Crewe)
• Yoga on the Edge (Alderley Edge)
• Yogalife (Handforth)