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 .