[1][2][3][4] Born in Delhi in 1960, Singh moved to Mumbai at a young age and attended Cathedral and John Connon School.

[5] Soon after college, a scholarship at Lafayette took him to Pennsylvania to earn a degree that got him into the blue-chip companies TCS and Cadbury’s on his return to India.

Singh also worked with various NGOs, and wrote a weekly food column for The Metropolis - a part of The Times Group – in the 1990s.

[7] In 2003, Singh opened Olive Bar and Kitchen in New Delhi,[8] which was announced as one of the ‘Best new restaurants in the world’ by Condé Nast Traveler.

India’s first gastropub - Monkey Bar,[14][15][16] SodaBottleOpenerWala- to revive the dying legacy of a Bombay Irani café.