St Albans businesses lauded at Muddy Stiletto Awards
Emma Bustamante of Cositas in St Albans with Katrina Harper-Lewis and Jo Findlay from the Muddy Stiletto Awards. Picture: Nicole Bryant - Credit: Archant
Businesses from St Albans were honoured for their achievements at the 2019 Muddy Stiletto Awards.
Emma Bustamante of Cositas in St Albans with Hattie de Barnard from the Nude Tin Can Gallery at the Muddy Stiletto Awards. Picture: Nicole Bryant - Credit: Archant
These annual awards represent local businesses in 21 counties in the UK and are driven by customer nominations and votes. St Albans businesses were finalists in eight of the 24 categories in the Herts and Beds awards.
The ceremony was held at the Cooper House in Berkhamsted.
Emma Bustamante of Cositas in St Albans with Hattie de Barnard from the Nude Tin Can Gallery at the Muddy Stiletto Awards. Picture: Nicole Bryant - Credit: Archant
Chloe James Lifestyle, The Fleetville Larder, Enchanted Tea Room, Per Tutti and Raindrops on Roses were finalists, with Nude Tin Can Gallery and Cositas winning best gallery and best interior store respectively.
Emma Bustamante, who owns Cositas on Holywell Hill, said she was "so proud" to have won for the second year running.
Emma Bustamante of Cositas in St Albans with Nude Tin Can Gallery owner Hattie de Barnard and St Albans-based artist Stuart Beck at the Muddy Stiletto Awards. Picture: Nicole Bryant - Credit: Archant
You may also want to watch:
She said: "This award is so special because it comes entirely from our customers. I feel so lucky to be so well supported by the local community and to win again this year shows how much everyone is rooting for us!"
Most Read
- 1 Rapid community COVID-19 testing launches in Hertfordshire
- 2 Which Herts communities have seen the biggest rises and falls in COVID-19?
- 3 Police swoop on organised gangs as part of major operation
- 4 Remembering one-of-a-kind local legend Lee Bozier
- 5 How many people in St Albans were fined for breaking COVID rules?
- 6 Hitchin and Harpenden MP responds to questions over new £2,500 a month part-time role
- 7 Oaklands College principal leaving after 10 years
- 8 Charity for older people has busiest year ever during pandemic
- 9 Harpenden St George's and Old Albanian well represented in England's Six Nations squad
- 10 Number of COVID patients in Herts hospitals falls slightly
