The votes have been counted and the finalists for the sixth annual SoGlos Gloucestershire Lifestyle Awards 2023 have now been revealed.
This year's public vote saw thousands of SoGlos readers backing their favourite businesses across a range of lifestyle categories, with an outstanding 25,000 votes cast for the Gloucestershire cultural venues, attractions, hospitality and leisure destinations in the running.
Out of the 191 businesses shortlisted, only the top contenders with the most votes in each category have been recognised as finalists — with the full list available to see via soglos.com/awards-lifestyle.
Now, as part of an exciting new development for SGGLA 2023 to provide fair opportunity for all businesses, an esteemed panel of judges will get together to review each finalist's full application and choose the winning and highly commended entries in each category.
All finalists are invited to the exclusive awards evening at Dunkertons Cider on Thursday 29 June 2023, where the winners will be revealed for the very first time.
Proudly supported by headline co-sponsors Visit Gloucestershire (visit-gloucestershire.uk) and Made in Gloucestershire (madeingloucestershire.com), SGGLA has grown to become the biggest celebration of the county's lifestyle sector since it first launched in 2018, bringing Gloucestershire together to recognise and celebrate the very best local lifestyle sector businesses and charities.
SGGLA 2023 categories and sponsors
Cultural Venue of the Year — Sponsored by 16i — 16i.co.uk
Family Day Out of the Year — Sponsored by Nimble — nimble-elearning.com
Independent School of the Year — Sponsored by Montrose Group — montrose-group.co.uk
Entertainment Venue of the Year — Sponsored by Cleevely Electric Vehicles — cleevelyev.co.uk
Sporting Venue of the Year — Sponsored by Pro Global — pro-global.com
Restaurant of the Year — Sponsored by Prosperity Care and Wellbeing — prosperitycare.co.uk
Food/Drink Producer of the Year — Sponsored by Hazlewoods — hazlewoods.co.uk
Pub/Bar of the Year — Sponsored by The Growth Hub — thegrowthhub.biz
Cafe/Coffee Shop of the Year — Sponsored by ActionCOACH Cheltenham — cheltenham.actioncoach.co.uk
Chef of the Year — Sponsored by The Royal Agricultural University — rau.ac.uk
Hotel of the Year — Sponsored by Six Property Consulting — sixpc.co.uk
Shopping & Leisure Destination of the Year — Sponsored by Clockwise Cheltenham — work-clockwise.com
Independent Retailer of the Year — Sponsored by ReformIT — reformit.co.uk
Pet Business of the Year — Sponsored by Cotswold RAW — cotswoldraw.com
Property/Interiors Business of the Year — Sponsored by Severnside Security — severnsidesecurityltd.co.uk
Event of the Year — Sponsored by Smart Home Sounds — smarthomesounds.co.uk
Charity of the Year — Sponsored by Active Gloucestershire — activegloucestershire.org
Outstanding Contribution Award — Sponsored by Cheltenham College — cheltenhamcollege.org
Lifestyle Business of the Year — Sponsored by co-headline sponsors Made in Gloucestershire and Visit Gloucestershire — madeingloucestershire.com / visit-gloucestershire.uk
