Lakhi as Seen on TV
Lakhi has been grooming for nearly 30 years and has a salon and training school: Posh Pets Academy, Bournville, Birmingham. He is an international certified Master Groomer. He shows and competes and holds demos around the country, he recently made the finals of BBC TV’s Pooch Perfect grooming series. Lakhi shares his experiences:
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s most of you know BBC recently aired a new grooming competition “Pooch Perfect” prime time viewing at last for our profession. It involved 16 all-round groomers including myself appeared on this new venture alongside judges, Verity Hardcastle and Colin Taylor, assisted by vet Bolu Eso and hosted by Sheridan Smith and the ever so delightful Stanley who is owned and loved by top animal trainer Laura Ingall. The original concept of the show started in Australia where it had mixed reviews and thankfully was commissioned in the UK for BBC. This all started back in January 2020 where researchers attended a grooming competition to canvas entrants. I was unaware at the time, but a close friend, Michele Bicknell, put my name forward whilst I was competing in the ring. I’ll thank her in person when I see her. Eventually I received an email inviting me to go through the audition process. I had to think long and hard before taking it further as it meant I’d be in the public eye and for several weeks I would have no contact with family, which concerned me. However, I was assured we’d have full back up from 7 studios, which we certainly did. It all started with an in-depth application form, hundreds applied and I was lucky enough to be invited to a zoom interview. I was asked to explain grooming processes on various
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Lakhi at the end of one of the Pooch Perfect challenges
