Shortlist revealed and voting opens for SoGlos Gloucestershire Lifestyle Awards 2023

Lifestyle businesses from all over the county have been putting themselves forward for the chance to win at the sixth annual SoGlos Gloucestershire Lifestyle Awards – and SoGlos is delighted to reveal the 2023 shortlist, as voting officially opens to the public.

From Tuesday 11 April 2023, members of the public can see the full shortlist via soglos.com/awards-lifestyle, with the chance to vote for their favourites across all SGGLA categories until Friday 26 May 2023.

Carefully curated to represent the very best of Gloucestershire’s diverse and dynamic lifestyle sector, the 191-strong shortlist features local businesses of all shapes and sizes – spanning live entertainment venues and family attractions, to restaurants, bars and shopping destinations.

As a development in the voting process for 2023, to provide fair opportunity for every business to gain the recognition they deserve, the public vote will determine a list of finalists to be put before our esteemed panel of judges, who will be considering each entry’s full application to decide upon the overall winner and highly commended business in each category.

All finalists will receive an exclusive invite to this year’s awards ceremony at Dunkertons Cider on Thursday 29 June 2023, where they’ll come together with sponsors and special guests for the live reveal of winners.

The SoGlos Gloucestershire Lifestyle Awards 2023 are proudly sponsored by the county’s Strategic Management Organisation, Visit Gloucestershire (visit-gloucestershire.uk) and Made in Gloucestershire (madeingloucestershire.com) from influential business group GFirst LEP.

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

Café/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

SGGLA 2023 key dates

Voting closes on Friday 26 May 2023, with the finalists revealed and invited to the official awards evening on Tuesday 30 May 2023.

The much-anticipated awards evening will take place on Thursday 29 June 2023 at Dunkertons Cider.

To see the full shortlist and cast your votes for the SoGlos Gloucestershire Lifestyle Awards, visit soglos.com/lifestyle-awards.