Congratulations to Raw Talent Barbering Competition finalists
Congratulations to the finalists in the Raw Talent Barbering Competition, sponsored by VTCT and brought to you by Mike Taylor Education and BARBERFEST.
Come watch the live final at BARBERFEST on Monday 5 July in Brighton's Hilton Metropole Hotel. You can buy tickets here for the event. (Plus, find out what else is happening here).
The competition is split up into three categories of barbering abilities and training standards – Freshers, Graduates and Post-Graduates and we have maximum ten finalists in each category.
The winner of each category will win a £250 cash prize and Dark Stag barbering goodies perfect for student barbers!
So without further ado, may we present to you the finalists who will be cutting live at BARBERFEST 2021!
Raw Talent Freshers finalists
Harvey Thornbury
Max Johnson
Daniel Hughes
Asha Packer Moone
Owen Soltan
Ruby O'Brien
Josh Stevenson
Lillie Kennedy
Amber Younge
Raw Talent Graduate finalists
Yasemin Hassan
Thomas Whitehead
Alfie Gray
Stefanos Vlachos
Bruno Pereira
Harry Kitto
Callum Jasper
Mccaughley Philpott
Daniel Medina
Raw Talent Post-graduate finalists
Daniel Burnett
Ryan Ellis
Deone Luke
Alex Sullivan
Ryan Benfold
Janice Hansen
Calum Marsden
Connor Jenkins
Adam Faulkner
Rob Holbrook
Huge congratulations to all who entered! Our judges were blown away by the standard of entrants – in fact, Mike Taylor reports on the exciting future of our industry in his next column in the Modern Barber magazine. It's not to be missed.
Don't forget to get tickets to BARBERFEST, to see the future talent of our industry live before your eyes.
Charlotte Grant-West
Charlotte oversees the print magazine, website and social media channels at HJ. With over a decade of experience as a journalist, Charlotte was formerly Editor of Modern Barber and HJ Men, Social Editor at Netmums and Features Writer at Boots Health & Beauty magazine. She loves any products that make her hair bigger and more voluminous, and loves a behind-the-scenes peek at anything hair-related – whether it's a factory tour, BTS on a shoot or backstage at fashion week.