Charlie Ayers Bio, Age, Family, Wife, Net Worth, Grateful Dead, Chef Career

Charlie Ayers Biography

Charlie Ayers is a chef, cookbook author, and restaurateur from the United States. From 1999 to 2006, he served as Google’s executive chef. His work there was widely publicized in the media, and David Vise’s corporate history was also widely publicized. “Charlie’s Place” is an entire chapter in the Google Story dedicated to him.

How old is Charlie Ayers? – Age

He is 55 years old as of 5 July 2021. He was born Charles David Ayers, Jr. in 1966 in New Jersey, United States.

Charlie Ayers Education

Ayers was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Parsippany, New Jersey. In 1985, he graduated from Parsippany High School.

Charlie Ayers Net Worth

He has an estimated net worth of $20 Million.

Charlie Ayers Grateful Dead

In the 1980s, he worked as a private and personal chef for the Grateful Dead. Ayers began his professional career in New Jersey, working for Hilton Hotels in the Meadowlands and Parsippany.

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Charlie Ayers Career

In the 1980s, he worked as a private and personal chef for the Grateful Dead. Ayers began his professional career in New Jersey, working for Hilton Hotels in the Meadowlands and Parsippany.

In the 1990s, he worked as a chef at Silicon Valley restaurants such as Stoddard’s Brewhouse in Sunnyvale, as well as Left at Albuquerque, Blue Chalk Cafe, and the Peninsula Creamery (later known as the Palo Alto Creamery) in downtown Palo Alto. From 1999 to 2006, Ayers worked as an executive chef at Google’s Mountain View, California headquarters. He got the job at Google after winning a cook-off judged by the company’s then-40 employees. According to reports, Ayers earned $26 million (USD) from his Google stock options.

Charlie founded Calafia Café / Calafia Market a Go-Go, which was located at the Town & Country Village shopping center in Palo Alto, California, from January 20, 2009, to August 2018. Calafia Café was founded by former Google employees and a couple who worked for Cisco Systems Inc.