CAN you imagine relocating from the bustling streets of Bangkok to the sleepy lanes of Oxfordshire? We talk of culture shock when travelling to foreign lands, but that’s about as much of a shock as it gets.

This shock was the making of Thai To Go! Our little van that would take the villages of Oxfordshire by storm!

Katy and I met in Thailand in 2005. It was Katy’s birthday and I treated her to their pizza.

After many trips back and forth to Thailand, Katy moved to the UK in 2007. It was time she realised that tasty, quick food was going to be difficult to find.

If you’ve ever been to Thailand you’ll understand what I mean, people don’t use their own cookers, it’s there, all the time, the best food in the world right at your doorstep, all of the time.

It was a cold October evening that the bombshell was dropped.

“Buy me a van,” Katy said. “Buy me a van and I’m going to sell food from it.”

To say I was unsure was an understatement, but I had a funny feeling, that (as always) she’d be right and might be onto something.

It wasn’t that Katy didn’t know what she was doing, her mum has a restaurant and her cooking is fantastic.

It took us a little while, but sure enough, we had our van, our equipment and all the enthusiasm in the world.

It was only ever meant to be a part-time job for Katy after she gave up work to have our little girl Lily, but it sort of escalated from there.

Our idea was simple, to bring the best possible food we could to the places that just didn’t have it available right there and then. To buy the best ingredients we could and to make a change from the usual takeaway.

If only we had known what was to come, we couldn’t have imagined in our wildest dreams how it would take off.

Within a week of our opening evening in Deddington I handed in my notice at my company.

Thai To Go! was without doubt the best thing we have ever done. We owe all of it however to the amazing support of our customers.

They have supported us over the last two years come rain or shine, we couldn’t have done without you all.

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