British hairdressing awards 2011: finalists announced!

 The wait is over! The British Hairdressing Awards 2011 finalists can now be revealed.

They are:

Specialist Awards

Afro Hairdresser of the Year

• Craig Chapman, Craig Chapman Hair Design, Launceston, Cornwall
• Patrick Forini, Toni & Guy, Sloane Square, London
• Junior Green, Junior Green Hair & Beauty, London
• Alero May, Atherton Cox, London
• Jamie Stevens, Errol Douglas Salon, London
• Michelle Thompson, Francesco Group, Stafford, Staffordshire

Artistic Team of the Year

• FAME Team
• Haringtons
• HOB Salons
• Marc Antoni
• Mark Leeson Hair, Body & Mind
• Rush Hair

Avant Garde Hairdresser of the Year

• Johanna Cree Brown, Trevor Sorbie, London
• Leonardo Rizzo, Sanrizz, Guildford, Surrey
• Skyler McDonald, seanhanna Putney, London
• Chie Sato, Toni & Guy, Covent Garden, London
• Indira Schauwecker, Toni & Guy, Covent Garden, London
• Anne Veck, Anne Veck Salons, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Schwarzkopf Professional British Colour Technician of the Year

• Claire Chell, Francesco Group, Stafford, Staffordshire
• Francesco Fontana, Toni & Guy, Sloane Square, London
• Gary Hooker and Michael Young, Hooker & Young, Gosforth Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
• Mark Leeson, Mark Leeson Hair, Body & Mind, Manfield, Nottinghamshire
• Christel Lundqvist, HOB Salons, London
• Dorothy Sturgeon, Shane Bennett Salon, Hillsborough, Co. Down

Newcomer of the Year

• Kelly Craven-Salvatelli, Toni & Guy, Salisbury, Wiltshire
• Ryan Harris, Angels, Aberdeen
• Sophia Hilton, Brooks & Brooks, London
• Jasmine Redstone, Rush Hair, Croydon, Surrey
• Ryuta Saiga, Toni & Guy, Sloane Square, London
• Donna Tovey, p.kai hair, Peterborough

Men's Hairdresser of the Year

• Russell Crane, Brooks & Brooks, London
• Tracey Devine, Angels, Aberdeen
• Jon Redman, Atherton Cox, London
• Jim Shaw, Essensuals Men, Billericay, Essex
• Jamie Stevens, Errol Douglas Salon, London
• Ross Strong, D&J Ambrose, Pinner, Middlesex
• Jody Taylor, Toni & Guy, Covent Garden, London

Regional Awards

Eastern Hairdresser of the Year

• Christopher Appleton, George's Hairdressing, Leicester, Leicestershire
• Paul Falltrick, Paul Falltrick Hairdressing, Romford, Essex
• Terri Kay, Mark Leeson Hair, Body & Mind, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
• Nathan Jasztal, Silhouette Du Barry, Chelmsford, Essex
• Angelo Vallillo, Zullo and Holland, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
• Kai Wan, p.kai hair, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

London Hairdresser of the Year

• Efi Davies, Toni & Guy, Covent Garden
• Ben Moth and Valerie Benavides, Brooks & Brooks
• Richard Mannah, Toni & Guy, Sloane Square
• Desmond Murray, Atherton Cox
• Cos Sakkas, Toni & Guy, Brompton Road
• Jamie Stevens, Errol Douglas Salon

Midlands Hairdresser of the Year

• Sarah Bowron and Adrian Bowron, Aesthetics, Solihull, West Midlands
• Anya Dellicompagni, Francesco Group, Stafford, Staffordshire
• Nick Malenko and Ashley Gamble, Royston Blythe, Compton, Wolverhampton
• Katie Mulcahy, Lisa Shepherd Salons, Birmingham
• Peter Prosser, Peter Prosser Hairdressing, Hereford
• Sean Tetlow, The Colour Room, Stockport, Cheshire

North Eastern Hairdresser of the Year

• Lindsay Burr, The Goodys Group, Norton Molton, North Yorkshire
• Rebecca Dickenson and Adele Bourne, The Vanilla Rooms, Bawtry, Doncaster
• Joseph Ferraro, Halo, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
• Hannah Gordon, Paul Gordon, Scunthorpe, South Humberside
• Julian Holland, The Mark Hill Salon, Kirk Ella, East Yorkshire
• Marcus King, Hooker & Young, Wynyard, County Durham

North Western Hairdresser of the Year

• Carly Aplin, CRC Cutting Room Creative, Leeds
• Adam Bryant, Ethos Hairdressing, Northern Quarter, Manchester
• Amie Dunn, Andrew Collinge Hairdressing, Manchester
• Verity Faichen, Daniel Gray Salon, Kendal, Cumbria
• Melanie Jefferson, Savvy, Whitehaven, Cumbria
• Marcello Moccia, Room 97 Creative Hairdressing, Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Northern Ireland Hairdresser of the Year

• Julie Cherry, Shane Bennett Salon, Hillsborough, Co. Down
• Kevin Kahan, Kevin Kahan, Bangor
• Keith Kane, Keith Kane Hair International, Carryduff, Belfast
• Sharon Malcolm, Sharon Malcolm Hairdressing, Newtownards, Co. Down
• John Morrison and Carolyn Russell, J L Morrison Hairdressing, Belfast

Scottish Hairdresser of the Year

• Neil Barton, Neil Barton Salon, Edinburgh
• Faruk Mohammed and Sandy Caird, Hair by JFK, Edinburgh
• Suzie McGill, Rainbow Room International, Uddingston
• Kay McIntyre, McIntyres, Dundee
• Gordon Ritchie, U-Concept, Glasgow
• Janer Stewart, Angels, Aberdeen

Southern Hairdresser of the Year

• Seung Ki Baek, Rush Hair, Epsom, Surrey
• Leo Bancroft, Leo Bancroft Salon, Weybridge, Surrey
• Bruno Marc Giamattei, Marc Antoni, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
• Simon Grigg, Toni & Guy, Winchester, Hampshire
• Paul Hawes, Review, Petersfield, Hampshire
• Gary Gill, Monroe Hairdressing, Leatherhead, Surrey

Wales & South West Hairdresser of the Year

• Craig Chapman, Craig Chapman Hair Design, Launceston, Cornwall
• Jess Gaylard and Teresa Heaney, Jamie Stevens Hair, Woolavington, Somerset
• Joshua Goldsworthy, Goldsworthy's, Swindon, Wiltshire
• Ken Picton, Ken Picton, Cardiff Bay, Wales
• Steven Smart, Smart Est 73, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset
• Louise Smith, Toni & Guy, Salisbury, Wiltshire