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Lee Stafford (born 17 October 1966) is an English celebrity
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Biography

Stafford was born in
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, and is of Jewish ancestry on his mother's side. He opened his
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, ''The House That Hair Built'', in 1984, in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. He opened his second salon in Aughton, Sheffield in 1992 called ''Geezers''. 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
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, W1. In 2001 Stafford launched his own range of haircare products. In 2007 he appeared on the
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series ''
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'' where he trained celebrities such as
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and 1980s
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to cut hair. The programme raised money for the
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Children in Need. On 6 November 2011, Stafford featured on the
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television series on
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. Stafford is married to model and ''
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'' star Jessica-Jane Clement. Stafford appeared on
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in 2013 and again in February 2017 (broadcast dates). He is a father of three children, a son, Angel, born in 2014 and a daughter, Elvis Annie-Jane, born in 2016. He announced he was expecting a third child with his wife in September 2016 and their daughter Sugar Mae was born in April 2017.


Awards list


Won

2006 * The Dean Holmes 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 * Influential Hairdresser – ''Creative HEAD'' magazine's Most Wanted Awards 1997
Men's British Hairdresser of the Year 1997
– 1998


Business Award List

2009 * BHBA Business & Website Innovation of the year 2005 * The BHBA Salon Design Award 2005 for
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salon 2002 * Growing Business of the Year Award 2002 * Training and Development Award 2002 *
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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)


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 (one of six nominees) * British Salon of the Year 1999 – 2000 (one of six nominees)


References


External links

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Lee StaffordChildren in Need (Celebrity Scissor-hands)BBC Lee Stafford
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