Let the countdown begin.......
Five days until the winners of HJ’s British Hairdressing Awards are announced!
With less than a week to go until the winners are announced at HJ’s British Hairdressing Awards sponsored by Schwarzkopf Professional, the anticipation and excitement is mounting for hairdressers around the UK as Monday 22nd November approaches. The glittering awards ceremony will be held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, a JW Marriott Hotel in London’s Park Lane.
The British Hairdressing Awards is the ‘Oscars’ of the British hairdressing industry, and sets the standard in creativity, inspiring hairdressers around the globe. In its 26th year, the event celebrates the best in British hairdressing – recognising and rewarding stylists throughout the UK within the nine regional categories, six specialist categories including Newcomer of the Year, Men’s Hairdresser of the Year and the Schwarzkopf Professional British Colour Technician of the Year, and the much coveted British Hairdresser of the Year title.
In 2010 there are seven nominees for British Hairdresser of the Year – Errol Douglas, Tim Hartley, Mark Hayes, Akin Konizi, Angelo Seminara, Phil Smith and Gary Hooker & Michael Young, all of whom hope to follow in the footsteps of industry icons Trevor Sorbie, Charles Worthington, Andrew Collinge, Nicky Clarke and John Frieda and be named HJ’s British Hairdresser of the Year.
Following a cocktail reception, gourmet dinner and chart-topping entertainment, the sixteen regional and specialist category awards are announced by one of the most popular personalities in the media. This year the British Hairdressing Awards Hall of Fame will have a new inductee, as Darren Ambrose will receive the trophy for winning Avant Garde Hairdresser of the Year, in three previous years.
The 2009 event is a night the current British Hairdresser of the Year, Akin Konizi won’t forget. A jubilant Akin commented, “Winning British Hairdresser of the Year for the second time running will definitely go down as one of those monumental moments, not only in my career, but in my whole life! It was a mix of excitement, delight, relief and disbelief! This award means so much to me and being awarded it twice is such a tremendous accolade. These awards are the most anticipated night in the hairdressing calendar and to be a finalist or winner in these awards is the highest reward any hairdresser could dream of.”
Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Hairdressers Journal International Jayne Lewis-Orr adds, “Each year the standard of work gets better and better and this year is no exception. We are so proud that British hairdressing has tremendous standing within the rest of the world and the British Hairdressing Awards prove that British is definitely best”.
