SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on the 4th day of March 2004.

	THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED
	/s / DAVID OVERTON
By:	David Overton Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant, in the capacities indicated, on this 4th day of March 2004.

Name	Title	Date
/s / DAVID OVERTON	Chairman of the Board and	March 4, 2004
David Overton	Chief Executive Officer
	(Principal Executive Officer)
/s / MICHAEL J. DIXON	Senior Vice President and	March 4, 2004
Michael J. Dixon	Chief Financial Officer
	(Principal Financial and
	Accounting Officer)
/s / THOMAS L. GREGORY	Coordinating Director	March 4, 2004
Thomas L. Gregory
/s / WAYNE H. WHITE	Director	March 4, 2004
Wayne H. White
/s / JEROME I. KRANSDORF	Director	March 4, 2004
Jerome I. Kransdorf
/s / KARL L. MATTHIES	Director	March 4, 2004
Karl L. Matthies