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Lee Stafford
Born	1966 Leigh-on-Sea, England

Lee Stafford was born 1966 in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, he attended The King John School, he 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.^[1]

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

In January 2008 Lee, with a team of professsionals, launched Myhairdressers.com, a hairdressing training website. Lee has always had a passion for hairdressing education. Myhairdressers.com allows hairdressers to learn new skills and gain inspiration using online video hairdressing tutorials. The instructors are some of the best in the world and Lee himself presents 'cut of the month' a monthly inspirational video that shows hairdressers step-by-step how to cut the hairstyle. ^[2]

Lee's dream has always been to open his own set of exclusive Salons. In 2009 he began working on this dream by opening salons in Sidcup, Derby and Leigh-on-Sea. Staffords Salons

He is heterosexual. On the BBC series, Celebrity Scissorhands, he revealed that he is not married and hasn't any children, but hopes to in the future.

Contents 1 Television appearances 2 Awards list 2.1 Won 2.2 Nominated 2.3 Business Award List 2.4 Salon's Award List 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Television appearances

• Celebrity Scissorhands
• This Morning
• CD:UK
• Weakest Link Celebrity Special
• Spilt Ends

[edit] Awards list

[edit] Won

2006

• National Hairdressing Federation Celebrity Hairdresser Of The Year
• Hair Magazine Hairdresser Of The Year

2004

• Best British Hairdresser of 2004 – Fellowship of Hairdressers Awards

2001

• Most Influential Hairdresser of the Year 2001

1997

• Men's British Hairdresser of the Year 1997 – 1998

[edit] Nominated

2005

• British Hairdresser of the Year 2005

2001

• Men's British Hairdresser of the Year 2001 – 2002

1999

• 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)

1998

• Women's Eastern Hairdresser of the Year 1998 – 1999 (3 of 6 nominees)

1997

• Women's Eastern Hairdresser of the Year 1997 – 1998 (1 of 6 nominees)

[edit] Business Award List

2009

• BHBA Business & Website Innovation of the year with myhairdressers.com

2005

• The BHBA Salon Design Award 2005 for Brighton salon

2002

• Growing Business of the Year Award 2002
• Training and Development Award 2002
• Investors in People Award 2002

1999

• British Manager of the Year 1999 – 2000 (1 of 6 nominees)
• British Salon of the Year 1999 – 2000 (1 of 6 nominees)

[edit] Salon's Award List

2005

• The BHBA Salon Design Award 2005 for my Brighton salon

2002

• Growing Business of the Year Award 2002
• Training and Development Award 2002
• Investors in People Award 2002

1999

• British Manager of the Year 1999 – 2000 (1 of 6 nominees)
• British Salon of the Year 1999 – 2000 (1 of 6 nominees)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Read more about Lee Stafford
• Lee Stafford Hairdressing Training
• Lee Stafford - official website
• Lee Stafford
• Children in Need (Celebrity Scissorhands)
• BBC Lee Stafford