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 April 2005.

    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 April 2005.

Name Title Date
     
/s/ DAVID OVERTON Chairman of the Board and April 4, 2005
David Overton Chief Executive Officer  
  (Principal Executive Officer)  
     
     
/s/ MICHAEL J. DIXON Senior Vice President and April 4, 2005
Michael J. Dixon Chief Financial Officer  
  (Principal Financial Officer)  
     
     
/S/ CHERYL M. SLOMANN Controller and April 4, 2005
Cheryl M. Slomann Chief Accounting Officer  
  (Principal Accounting Officer)  
     
     
/s/ THOMAS L. GREGORY Coordinating Director April 4, 2005
Thomas L. Gregory    
     
     
/s/ WAYNE H. WHITE Director April 4, 2005
Wayne H. White    
     
     
/s/ JEROME I. KRANSDORF Director April 4, 2005
Jerome I. Kransdorf    
     
     
/s/ KARL L. MATTHIES Director April 4, 2005
Karl L. Matthies