LIFESTYLE
Tees
Lifestyle
RAJ SINGH
One of the Tees region’ s most well-known businessmen, Raj Singh’ s business interests include a number of residential care homes, a construction company and investment properties across the UK. Having started out in business as a teenager with an off-license in Redcar, he now owns the Prestige Group, which runs a number of Teesside care homes as well as Redcastle Homes, whose first housing development is taking shape in Eaglescliffe close to Yarm.
PICTURES BY MARTIN WALKER
TEESSIDE LIFE
The restaurants I love to eat in are … Chadwicks Inn Maltby, Muse in Yarm, the Otter and Fish in Hurworth and the new Tomahawk Steakhouse in Potto. They all have great ambience, service and food. The meal I order most of all is … usually some sort of seafood dish. My favourite tipple is … vodka and tonic or a good whiskey and water. The stores I love to shop in are … Psyche for casual clothes and Jules B in Newcastle for suits. The things I spend too much money on are … cars probably. I change my car every two or three years. I’ ve got an Aston Martin Rapide and a Rolls Royce Ghost. For a day out, I … go to a football match with family and friends, enjoying the hospitality and entertainment that goes with it. One place on Teesside I’ d like to visit is … Roseberry Topping. I’ ve never been up there. In my downtime, I like nothing better than … watching TV or playing golf. I’ m average at golf- I play off 17 or 18. My perfect night in involves … a good movie with family and friends and a nice meal, cooked by my wife, Manjit.
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Raj Singh outside the first offlicence he owned in Redcar.
LIFE’ S LOVES
A book I love is … Alex Ferguson’ s last autobiography. I’ m fascinated by what he’ s achieved- where he came from and where he got to. I do watch Manchester United but I wouldn’ t say I’ m a fan. A film I love is … Step Brothers which is just daft but funny. It stars Will Farrell, who I once met briefly at a Ricky Hatton fight in Vegas. I also enjoy Al Pacino in something a bit darker like a gangster movie. A TV programme I love is … Match of the Day or a good Twenty20 cricket match, and all major boxing fights. I enjoy most sports programmes. A song I love is … My Way by Frank Sinatra- it’ s the message as much as the song. A personality I love is … Robert de Niro- just a quality actor who can turn his hand to almost anything, whether it be gangster movies or comedies. A holiday destination I love is … Dubai for the easy-going lifestyle, cleanliness and the fact that there’ s no crime. It’ s all brand new, the shopping malls are really good and they do look after you.