Lee Stafford

Lee Stafford born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, 1966 is an award-winning celebrity hairdresser. In 2007 he appeared on the BBC television series "Celebrity Scissorhands" where he trained celebrities such as Tamara Beckwith and 1980s pop star Steve Strange to cut hair. The programme raised money for the BBC's charity Children in Need.

Lee opened his first hair salon in 1996 in Essex called "The House That Hair Built", his career took off in 1997 when he won the title of 'Men's British Hairdresser of the Year'. In 2000 he opened his second hair salon in Wardour Street, London, W1. [cite web|url= http://www.ukhairdressers.com/featured_stylist/lee_stafford.asp|title= Lee Stafford|accessdate= 2007-01-11]

In 2001 Lee launched his own range of award-winning haircare products.

In January 2008 Lee, with a team of professsionals, launched [http://myhairdressers.com Myhairdressers.com] - a leading online hair education business. Lee has always had a passion for hairdresser education. Myhairdressers.com allows hairdressers to learn skills and gain inspiration using video hairdressing tutorials. The instructors are some of the best in the world and Lee himself presents 'cut of the month' a monthly inspirational haircut and video that shows hairdressers step-by-step how to cut the hairstyle.

Television appearances

*"Celebrity Scissorhands"
*"This Morning"
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*"Weakest Link Celebrity Special"

Awards list

Won

* Hairdresser of the Year 2006 National Hairdressing Federation (Hair Magazine)
* Best British Hairdresser of 2004 – Fellowship of Hairdressers Awards
* Most Influential Hairdresser of the Year 2001
* [http://www.britishhairdressingawards.co.uk/bha/2008/previousawardwinners.html Men's British Hairdresser of the Year 1997] – 1998

Nominated

* British Hairdresser of the Year 2005
* Men's British Hairdresser of the Year 2001 – 2002
* Women's Eastern Hairdresser of the Year 1999 – 2000 (2 of 6 nominees)
* British Newcomer of the Year 1999 – 2000 (1 of 6 nominees)
* Men's British Hairdresser of the Year 1999 – 2000 (1 of 6 nominees)
* Women's Eastern Hairdresser of the Year 1998 – 1999 (3 of 6 nominees)
* Women's Eastern Hairdresser of the Year 1997 – 1998 (1 of 6 nominees)

Business Award List

* The BHBA Salon Design Award 2005 for Brighton salon
* Growing Business of the Year Award 2002
* Training and Development Award 2002
* Investors in People Award 2002
* British Manager of the Year 1999 – 2000 (1 of 6 nominees)
* British Salon of the Year 1999 – 2000 (1 of 6 nominees)

References

External links

* [http://www.leestafford.com/ Lee Stafford - official website]
* [http://www.ukhairdressers.com/featured_stylist/lee_stafford.asp Lee Stafford]
* [http://www.ukhairdressers.com/Celebrity%20Scissorhands.asp Children in Need (Celebrity Scissorhands)]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/scissorhands/experts/lee_stafford_/ BBC Lee Stafford]
* [http://myhairdressers.com/who-we-are.html Lee Stafford - myhairdressers.com]
* [http://myhairdressers.com/index.html myhairdressers.com - Lee Staffords hairdressing training website]