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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Damon Wilkinson

'An absolute shambles': Guests slam £120 a head awards ceremony where food was 'inedible'

A national beauty awards held at a Manchester hotel has been blasted after guests at the £120 a head event say they were served 'inedible' food and the organisers failed to hand out trophies before apologising for the 'absolute s*** show'. Beauticians from across the country travelled hundreds of miles to attend the Nail, Brow and Lash Awards at the Mercure hotel in Piccadilly Gardens.

But attendees say the night - which celebrated salons that 'deliver high-class services' - descended into a 'shambles', which ended two hours late after the main presenter didn't show up. The hotel and the organisers have now apologised to the disappointed beauticians.

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