I was born in Essex and almost immediately began cutting anybody’s hair who would come near me. Slowly I developed; and some people obviously noticed, as I won Men’s Brit­ish Hairdresser of the Year 1998. Quite a change from chasing victims around the house with my mum’s kitchen scissors.

Since then I’ve hit many other finals of awards, written for magazines and appeared on TV, but my drive is still to grow creatively.