Hair | Winners Announced for British Hairdressing Awards

[The Ed.]

Last night saw the 28th British Hairdressing Awards take place at a glitzy ceremony at Grosvenor House on London's Park Lane. Sponsored by Schwarzkopf Professional and presented by Hairdressers Journal International, the awards were created to recognise and reward those hairdressers who push the boundaries of hairdressing.

Congratulations to all!

- HJ’s British Hairdresser of the Year 2012 – Angelo Seminara
- Avant Garde Hairdresser of the Year – Indira Schauwecker, Toni & Guy, Covent Garden, London
- Men’s Hairdresser of the Year – Tracey Devine, Angels, Aberdeen
- Afro Hairdresser of the Year – Craig Chapman, Craig Chapman Hair Design, Launceston, Cornwall
- Artistic Team of the Year – Mark Leeson Hair, Body & Mind, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
- Newcomer of the Year – Kieran Tudor, D&J Ambrose, Pinner, Middlesex
- Schwarzkopf Professional British Colour Technician of the Year – Ken Picton and Paul Dennison, Ken Picton Salon, Cardiff
- London Hairdresser of the Year - Tina Farey, The House of Rush, Piccadilly
- Southern Hairdresser of the Year - Ryan Nicoletti-Dowd, Wigg, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
- Eastern Hairdresser of the Year – Shaun Hall, Mark Leeson Hair, Body & Mind, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
- Midlands Hairdresser of the Year – Sarah Bowron and Adrian Bowron, Aesthetics, Solihull, West Midlands
- North Eastern Hairdresser of the Year – Marcus King, Hooker & Young, Wynyard, County Durham
- North Western Hairdresser of the Year – Gary Taylor, Edward and Co, Brighouse, West Yorkshire
- Wales & South West Hairdresser of the Year – Ken Picton, Ken Picton Salon, Cardiff
- Scottish Hairdresser of the Year - Kay McIntyre, McIntyres Salons, Dundee
- Northern Ireland Hairdresser of the Year – Kevin Kahan, Kevin Kahan, Bangor

Until then...geek on!

The Ed.

Image: Linton Husbands (MD of Schwarzkopf Professional), Angelo Seminara & Jayne Lewis-Orr (Publishing Director of Hairdressers Journal International)

 

[Easydry]

Congratulations to the winners & well done to those shortlisted. It sounds like it was an amazing night.

 

[Lynne Baker]

My cousin, Marc Westerman, owns a chain of salons oop north, called Westrow. His business parter Steve Rowbottom was one of the finalists! There were much giddiness in't house, tha knows!