02/05/2026
Dozens of Cornish businesses have been confirmed as finalists for the Muddy Stilettos awards 2026.
The coveted awards, which celebrate the best of the best in a host of categories from best salon to best eatery, are now in their 13th year of celebrating local businesses.
And the categories and finalists are:
*Best Afternoon Tea
Boscundle Manor (St Austell)
Fistral Beach Hotel (Newquay)
Ladyvale Bakery (Nansledan)
Penventon Hotel (Redruth)
Scarlet (Mawgan Porth)
Talland Bay Hotel (Talland Bay)
The Cornwall (St Austell)
The Greenbank Hotel (Falmouth)
The Orangery at Carbis Bay Hotel (Carbis Bay)
Ugly Butterfly by Adam Handling (Newquay)
*Best Artisan Food & Drink Producer
Aral Farm (Newquay)
Atlantic Brewery and Distillery (Saint Columb)
Padstow Cheese Company (Wadebridge)
Chocolarder (Falmouth)
Gorse Bakery (Lanteague)
Loveday Distilling (Falmouth)
Primrose Herd (Truro)
The Magic Whisk (St Austell)
Trevibban Mill Vineyard (Nr Padstow)
Tywardreath Bakery (Tywardreath)
*Best Arts, Culture & Theatre
Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery (Truro)
Hall for Cornwall (Truro)
Jackson Foundation Gallery (St Just)
Newlyn Film House (Newlyn)
Penlee House Gallery & Museum (Penzance)
Penlee Park Open Air Theatre (Penzance)
Penwith Gallery (St Ives)
Rogue Otherworld (Tehidy Woods)
The Acorn (Penzance)
The Minack Theatre (Porthcurno)
*Best Bar
Bar Harlyn (Harlyn)
Bar Silo (Golant)
Ginger & Joe (Newquay)
Jackson's Wine Bar (Nansledan)
Project 83 (Newquay)
Ruby's (Padstow)
The Black Cat (Falmouth)
The Chintz Bar (Falmouth)
Tom Thumb (Newquay)
Wasted Grapes (Newquay)
*Best Beauty Salon / Clinic
Beautique (Newquay)
Bude Skin Clinic (Bude)
C Bay Spa (Carbis Bay)
Cornwall Hair and Beauty Academy (Newquay)
Liwa Nails (Wadebridge)
No.5 Lemon Street (St Keverne)
The Beauty Collective (Saltash)
The Beauty Spot (Wadebridge)
The Blossom Room (Newquay)
Zara Beauty Works (Saltash)
*Best Boutique Stay
Atlanta Trevone (Padstow)
Chapel House (Penzance)
Duchy of Cornwall Restormel Estate (Lostwithiel)
Ennys Cornwall (Marazion)
Kernock Cottages (Saltash)
Lewinnick Lodge (Newquay)
Pedn Olva (St Ives)
Seagull, Latitude50 (Daymer Bay)
The Studio, Cape Cornwall (St Just)
Three Little Pigs (Bude)
*Best Café
Alcatraz (Perranporth)
Bank Street Kitchen (Newquay)
Café Uneeka (Truro)
Castle Beach Café (Falmouth)
Crib (Perranporth)
Fins (Newquay)
Flora, New Yard, Trelowarren (Helston)
The Bothy at Prideaux Walled Garden (Padstow)
Tide & Thyme (Portscatho)
Winnie & the Wave (Newquay)
*Best Casual Dining
Duchy Larder (Wadebridge)
Herd (Newquay)
Kota Kai (Porthleven)
Mackerel Sky (Newlyn)
Native Burger (Bodmin)
Pachanga (Newquay)
Pica Rico Deli (Helston)
Prawn on the Lawn (Padstow)
Rosa (Newquay)
The Clover Club (Newquay)
*Best Children’s Business
A Toy on Titan (Falmouth)
Cygnets Art School (Falmouth)
Emma Jane Photography (Saltash)
Just 4 Kids (Truro)
Mini Mess Makers (Truro)
Poco Loco Parties (Redruth)
Steren School of Ballet (Camborne)
TEC girls (Newquay)
The Cornish Crafting Cottage (Wadebridge)
Wild Warriors (Polzeath)
*Best Family Experience
Camel Creek Adventure Park (Wadebridge)
Camel Ski School (Rock)
Camel Trail Cycle Hire (Wadebridge)
Cornwall Gold (Redruth)
Halwyn (Crantock)
Hidden Valley (Launceston)
Jubilee Pool (Penzance)
Rogue Otherworld (Tehidy Woods)
The Lost Gardens of Heligan (Pentewen)
The Vault Arcade (Wadebridge)
*Best Farm Shop / Deli
Boscastle Farm Shop (Boscastle)
Charlies Farmshop (Pantersbridge)
Colwith Farm Shop (Lostwithiel)
Etherington's (Wheal Rose)
Kittows of Fowey (Fowey)
Lobbs Farm Shop (Pentewan)
Richard's Farm Shop (Hayle)
St Buryan Farm Shop (St Buryan)
The Cornish Hen (Penzance)
Trevithick & Trays Farm Shop & Cafe (London Apprentice)
*Best Fashion & Interiors
Aloft (Padstow)
Alice in Scandiland (Lostwithiel)
Coast and Country (Bude)
Dandi (Wadebridge)
Love of Lemons (Nansledan)
Ondine & Ash (Falmouth)
Painted Bird (St Ives)
Pebble Cornwall (Falmouth)
Salt Society (Fowey)
Tidelight (Penryn)
*Best Florist
Anna Sawle (St Agnes)
Anna's Flower Barn (St Austell)
Fawen (Lerryn)
Flaura (Redruth)
Petalon (Lanteague)
The Plant Room (Bude)
Vintage and Bloom (Falmouth)
Wild Rose Cornwall (Devoran)
Zennor Wild (Penzance)
Zoe's Florist (Wadebridge)
*Best Hair Salon
Bamboo Hair Studio (Looe)
Inkfish (Truro)
Blush Hair Salon (Nansledan)
Carbon50 (Wadebridge)
Goldbird Hairdresser Cornwall (Truro)
Marzipan Hair (Truro)
Ro Hair (Newquay)
Serendipity Hair Salon (Newquay)
South Beach Hair (Helston)
Yoshimi (Newquay)
*Best-Loved Pub
Prince of Wales Newtown St Martin (Helston)
The Barley Sheaf (Gorran)
The Basset Arms (Portreath)
The Boathouse (Falmouth)
The Gurnards Head (Zennor)
The Pheasant (St Newlyn East)
The Plume of Feathers (Portscatho)
The Ship Inn (Portloe)
The Tartan Fox (Summercourt)
Trengilly Wartha Inn (Constantine, Falmouth)
*Best Restaurant
Argoe (Newlyn)
Barbican Bistro (Penzance)
Fern (Nanstallon)
Four Boys (Rock)
Narla by Charlie Walters (Fowey)
North Street Kitchen (Fowey)
Outlaw's Fish Kitchen (Port Isaac)
Paul Ainsworth at No 6 (Padstow)
Petty Fours (Truro)
Ugly Butterfly (Newquay)
*Best Sport / Fitness Instructor
Charlotte Stevens (Falmouth)
Elisabeth Watson, Fired Up Fitness (Falmouth)
Hannah Hepton, Fiero Fitness (Saltash)
Hayley Care Dance Fit (Penwith)
Ian Vidgen, IV Tennis Coaching (Penzance)
Joby Johnson, Feel Good Gym (Newquay)
Jordan Gardner (Wadebridge)
Kayley Elms, Mor Fitness (Helston)
Penny Seddon, Personal Fitness (Wadebridge)
Rosie Medland, Personal Fitness (Wadebridge)
*Best Wedding & Party Venue
Bedruthan Hotel & Spa (Mawgan Porth)
Caerhays Estate (Caerhays)
Camel Studio (Wadebridge)
Carbis Bay Hotel (Carbis Bay)
Jubilee Pool (Penzance)
L***y Glaze Beach (Newquay)
Polhawn Fort (Rame)
Stennack Farm (Camborne)
Tregenna Castle Resort (St Ives)
Treseren (St Newlyn East)
*Best Wellbeing Specialist
Calstock Therapy Hub (Tamar Valley)
Cornish Heart Therapy (Nanpean)
Escape to the Sauna (Falmouth)
George’s Surf School (Polzeath)
Harbour Clinic (Fowey)
Kiln Sauna (Flushing)
Rosie Atherton Wellbeing (Falmouth)
White Rose Holistics (Helston)
Wilder Narrative (Newquay)
Yolande Philpott (Penzance)
*Best Wellness Break
Budock Vean Hotel (Falmouth)
Chapel House (Penzance)
Mullion Cove Hotel and Spa (Mullion)
Palm Court Retreats (Polperro)
Pengelly Retreat (Hayle)
Sancreed House (Penzance)
SeaSpace (Porth)
Soul Sweats (Porthtowan)
St Michael's Resort (Falmouth)
Tresco Wellness (Isles of Scilly)
*Best Yoga / Pilates Studio
Bottoms Up (Saltash)
LA Pilates (Truro)
Lime House Yoga (Truro)
Method Pilates Studio (Truro)
Mor Fitness (Helston)
Ocean Flow Yoga (Newquay)
Rise Reformer Studio (Wadebridge)
Stronger Studio (Penzance)
The Loft (Nansledan)
Yoga & Pilates Truro (Truro)
