Culinary Research & Development Chef

About the role

You may know us for our huge menu of delicious food…and for being recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For®” since 2014! What you may not know is our Culinary Team is reinventing what it means to be “deliciously innovative”. As the Research & Development Chef, you will play an integral part in creating and developing new menu recipe concepts and reworking existing recipes for The Cheesecake Factory and Grand Lux Cafe concepts. You will also assist with the presentations of food “sensitivity” and continuing culinary educational training programs for our Field Culinary team. Reporting to the Vice President, Culinary Development, you will work with a team of 13 at The Cheesecake Factory corporate support center in Calabasas Hills, CA. As our Research & Development Chef, you will play an integral part in supporting the research and development for a global $3.8 billion publicly traded company with over 350 full-service restaurants and more than 49,000 total staff members.

Named to FORTUNE Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For®” list every year since 2014, The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated is a leader in experiential dining. We are culinary-forward and relentlessly focused on hospitality. Delicious, memorable experiences created by passionate people—this defines who we are and where we are going. We currently own and operate over 370 restaurants throughout the United States and Canada under brands including The Cheesecake Factory®, North Italia®, Flower Child® and a collection of other FRC brands. Internationally, 35 The Cheesecake Factory® restaurants operate under licensing agreements. Our bakery division operates two facilities that produce quality cheesecakes and other baked products for our restaurants, international licensees and third-party bakery customers. We are committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming workplace for all. We welcome applicants from a wide variety of identities, ideas, perspectives, backgrounds and experiences to apply. The Cheesecake Factory offers reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Create innovative, best-in-class menu recipes designed to deliver exceptional quality and consistency in a high-volume restaurant environment.
• Collaborate in defining and refining the critical culinary elements that uphold The Cheesecake Factory and Grand Lux Cafe’s renowned food quality standards.
• Balance culinary creativity with operational practicality to develop menu items