Haircut One Hundred in York Press Best Hairdresser

Haircut One Hundred is the first of ten finalists in the York Press Best Hairdresser contest.

After readers have nominated hundreds of favourites using an online voting platform, they will now be able to vote for their Best Barber or Hairdresser 2024 by picking up copies of The Press newspaper until March 1.

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The winner is set to be announced during the week of March 10 and each copy of The Press in the coming days will feature a short profile on each business and why it thinks it deserves to be voted number one in York.

Located at Foxwood Shops, Haircut One Hundred was voted as the city’s top salon back in 2016 and has returned to fight for its crown.

Opened in 1982 by Ann Taylor, the shop has been running for 43 years with Ann taking on the shop when she was just 20 years old.

She said: “I started working at Sweeny Todd’s in Stonegate as a Saturday girl when I was 15 then went on to do my apprenticeship. Five years later in 1982 I took the salon over. I still have clients who I used to do at Sweeney still come to the salon today!

The team celebrating their Best Salon win in 2016 “I always wanted to have my own salon and fulfil my dream at 21 and here I am, 43 years later, with six members of staff working alongside me. Also supporting me over the years has been my husband who has been my rock, precious family and close friends.”

The salon, which has six members of staff, is unisex and covers all aspects of hairdressing with no particular specialism – instead preferring to evolve over the decades that they have been open.

According to Ann, the shop aims to create ‘a welcoming, professional and friendly experience for clients’ that will have people looking forward to returning for their next haircut with some clients becoming ‘good friends’ over the years.

She continued: “The readers should vote for us because we go above and beyond for our clients. Our customer care is second to none.

Ann cutting hair (Image: Provided) “We also have mixed ages of staff and customers creating a fun friendly atmosphere.”

Despite challenges over the years, with Ann taking over the salon at the age of 20 while raising her three children, she has continued to persevere.

She said: “From day one of having the salon, I wanted to create a happy place for staff and customers. For a few of our them the salon visit is the one thing they look forward to each week.”