Air's Thai Culinary Kitchen was established in 2004 by Mr. Chanrat ‘Air’ Karatna. Air was formerly a tour guide for a leading inbound travel company from 1982 to 1992, not by choice but chance while he was attending university. Upon graduation he took on a number of occupations on a part-time basis and in 1999 decided to attend the graduate program at Chiang Mai University in a Tourism Industry Management which required him to take up work in the field of tourism again. His former experience in tourism inspired him to help visitors learn Thai cooking as an alternative touring experience. Tourists could learn how to cook their favorite delicious Thai foods when they returned to their own countries.