Charlie Ayers

Charlie Ayers
Ayers in 2006
Born
Charles David Ayers, Jr.[1]

(1966-07-05) July 5, 1966 (age 58)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
EducationJohnson & Wales University

Charles David Ayers, Jr. (born July 5, 1966)[1] is an American chef, cookbook author, and restaurateur. He is the former executive chef for Google, from 1999 until 2006.[2][3][4][5][6] His work there was widely publicized in the media, and David Vise's corporate history The Google Story contains an entire chapter about him called "Charlie's Place." By the time he left Google in 2006, Ayers and his team of five chefs and 150 employees were serving 4,000 daily lunches and dinners in 10 cafes across the company's headquarters campus in Mountain View, California.[7]

  1. ^ a b "JWU's Honorary Class of 2014" (PDF). Johnson & Wales University Magazine. Johnson & Wales University: 3. Spring 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2017-02-18. Charles David Ayers Jr. '90 / Chef and Owner - Calafia Café/Blue Chalk Café Corporation / Doctor of Culinary Arts
  2. ^ Lusher, Adam (2008-03-23). "Chef lifts lid on Google's recipe for success". www.telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2011-06-05.
  3. ^ Gold, Amanda (May 7, 2008). "Google chef serves up food for thought". SFGate. San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05.
  4. ^ Craig, Elise (June 18, 2009). "The man who fed Google". Market Watch. Archived from the original on 2009-06-23.
  5. ^ McCarthy, Caroline (May 12, 2008). "Bringing Google into the kitchen". CNet. Archived from the original on 2017-07-31.
  6. ^ Alexander, Karen (2005-09-20). "From Google to Noodles: A Chef Strikes Out on His Own". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
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