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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>WASHINGTON,
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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>POST
EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO.&nbsp;1 TO<BR>FORM S-8<BR>REGISTRATION
STATEMENT<BR>UNDER<BR>THE
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jurisdiction of <BR> incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>

<TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=50%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>51-0340466</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) </FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2><B>26950 Agoura Road,
Calabasas Hills, California 91301</B><BR>(Address of
Registrant&#146;s Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2><B>THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY
INCORPORATED<BR>YEAR 2000 PERFORMANCE STOCK OPTION PLAN </B></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=1>(Full title of the plan) </FONT></P>


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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>GERALD W. DEITCHLE<BR>EXECUTIVE
VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER<BR>THE
CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED<BR>26950 Agoura
Road<BR>Calabasas
Hills, California 91301<BR>(818) 871-3000</FONT><BR>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>(Name, address and
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>With a copy to:<BR>MARK A.
BONENFANT, ESQ.<BR>BUCHALTER, NEMER, FIELDS &amp; YOUNGER,<BR>A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION<BR>601 South
Figueroa Street, Suite 2400<BR>Los Angeles,
California 90017<BR>(213)
891-0700</FONT></P>

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     <TH WIDTH=28%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1><B>Title of Securities<BR>to be Registered</B></FONT></TH>
     <TH WIDTH=18%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1><B> Amount to be<BR>Registered (1)</B></FONT></TH>
     <TH WIDTH=18%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>Offering Price<BR>Per Unit (2)</B></FONT></TH>
     <TH WIDTH=18%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>Aggregate<BR>Offering Price</B></FONT></TH>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Common Stock, $0.01 par<BR>value per share</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2> 750,000 shares</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>$36.688</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>$27,516,000</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>$6,879.00</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH=3% ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(1) </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=94%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>In
addition, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement also covers any additional securities to be offered or issued in
connection with a stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction. </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=94%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Estimated
solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and is
calculated based on the closing &nbsp;price of the &nbsp;Company&#146;s &nbsp;Common &nbsp;Stock &nbsp;on &nbsp;The &nbsp;NASDAQ&nbsp;
Stock &nbsp;Market on January 2, 2001.</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
information contained in the S-8 Registration Statement filed by The Cheesecake Factory
Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), Registration File No. 33-88414
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 24, 1996 (the &#147;1996
Registration&#148;) is incorporated herein by reference. This Registration Statement relates
to an amendment to the Registrant&#146;s Year 2000 Performance Stock Option Plan (the
&#147;Performance Plan&#148;) to increase the aggregate number of shares issuable thereunder from
450,000 (reflecting a 3 for 2 stock split on June 8, 2000) to 1,200,000, excluding
additional shares that may also be available for issuance under the Performance Plan as a
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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
following documents heretofore filed or to be filed by the Registrant with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated by reference herein: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)
The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the Commission for the year
ended<BR>December 28, 1999; </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)
The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 28, 2000,
June 27, 2000 and September 26, 2000. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)
The Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, declared effective by the Commission
on September 17, 1992. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
other documents filed by the Registrant subsequent to the date of this Registration
Statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates
that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be
modified or superceded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained in any subsequently filed documents which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supercedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superceded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superceded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </FONT></P>

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Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</FONT></H2>

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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
validity of the Common Stock offered hereby will be passed upon for the Registrant by
Buchalter, Nemer, Fields &amp; Younger, a Professional corporation, Los Angeles, California. </FONT></P>

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Number</FONT><HR WIDTH="100%" SIZE=1></TH>
<TH WIDTH=6%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH=90% ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>Description of
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<TD WIDTH=3% ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>5.1 </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=6% ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>-</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Buchalter, Nemer, Fields &amp; Younger, a Professional Corporation</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=6% ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>-</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Consent of Independent Accountants</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=3% ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>23.2</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=6% ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>-</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Consent of  Buchalter,  Nemer,  Fields &amp; Younger,  a  Professional  Corporation  (included in its
                         opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=3% ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>99.1</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=6% ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>-</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Amendment to The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated Year 2000
Performance Stock Option Plan.</FONT></TD>
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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>SIGNATURES</FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Calabasas Hills, State of
California on this 3rd day of January, 2001. </FONT></P>
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<TD WIDTH=50%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>THE
CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED</B><BR><BR>
<BR>By: /s/ David Overton <BR>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR>
David Overton<BR>Chairman of the Board,<BR>President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration has been signed by
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<TD WIDTH=35% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>David Overton
<BR>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR>David Overton<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=35%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Chairman of the Board, President<BR>and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=35% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Gerald W. Deitchle
<BR>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR>Gerald W. Deitchle<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=35%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Executive Vice President<BR>and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=35% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Thomas L. Gregory
<BR>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR>Thomas L. Gregory<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=35%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=25% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>January 3, 2001</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=35% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Jerome I. Kransdorf
<BR>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR>Jerome I. Kransdorf<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=35%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2> Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=35% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Wayne H. White
<BR>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR>Wayne H. White<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=35%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>File Number: C2902-0001<BR>Direct Dial Number:
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
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<TD WIDTH=55%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated<BR>Registration
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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We
have acted as counsel to The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), in connection with the registration of 1,200,000 shares of common stock, $.01
par value (the "Shares") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the "1933 Act"), pursuant to a
registration statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement"). The Shares are
registered on behalf of the Company and will be issued pursuant to the Year 2000
Performance Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This
opinion is being delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5)(i) of
Regulation S-K under the 1933 Act. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In our
capacity as counsel to the Company, we have reviewed such documents and made such
inquiries as we have reasonably deemed necessary to enable us to render the opinion
expressed below. In all such reviews, we have made certain customary assumptions such as
the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as
originals, the lack of any undisclosed modifications, waivers, or amendments to any
documents reviewed by us and the conformity to authentic original documents of all
documents submitted to us as conformed or photostatic copies. For purposes of rendering
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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On the
basis of the foregoing, and in reliance thereon and subject to the assumptions,
qualifications, exceptions and limitations expressed herein, we are of the opinion that
when the Shares are issued in accordance with the terms of the Plan, the Shares will be
duly authorized, legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This
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States of America, and the corporate law of the State of Delaware. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This
opinion is solely for your information in connection with the offer and sale of the
Shares by the Company, and is not, without the prior written consent of this firm, to be
quoted in full or in part or otherwise referred to in any documents nor to be filed with
any governmental agency or other persons, other than with the Commission and various
state securities administrators in connection with the qualification of the Shares, to
which reference and filings we hereby consent. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH=50%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Very truly yours,<BR><BR><BR><BR>
                                                     BUCHALTER, NEMER, FIELDS &amp; YOUNGER</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>We
hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form
S-8 of our report dated February 4, 2000 relating to the consolidated financial
statements of The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated, which appears in The Cheesecake
Factory Incorporated&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
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<TD WIDTH=91%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>3.1&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Number
of Shares Available</U>. The total number of shares of Common Stock which are
available for granting Options hereunder shall be 1,200,000 (subject to adjustment as
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