EDIE A. AMES - Corporate Board Profile

CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2018-04-19	Edie A. Ames brings over 31 years of restaurant industry experience across the casual dining, fast casual and fine dining segments. Ms. Ames currently serves as CEO of The Pie Hole Los Angeles. She was appointed to the Governance Committee and the Board in December 2016.
2019-04-18	Edie A. Ames, age 52, brings over 31 years of restaurant industry experience across the casual dining, fast-casual and fine dining segments. Ms. Ames currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of The Pie Hole, a Los Angeles based fast casual dining restaurant. Previously, she held numerous leadership roles, including President of The Counter and BUILT Custom Burgers, Executive Vice President of Wolfgang Puck Catering, Chief Operating Officer of both Real Mex Restaurants and Del Frisco's Restaurant Group, and President of Morton's Restaurant Group.
2020-04-16	Edie A. Ames, age 53, brings over 32 years of restaurant industry experience. Ms. Ames currently serves as President of Tastes on the Fly Airport Restaurant Group. She is an independent director under Nasdaq rules. She serves as a member of the Governance Committee. Director compensation for fiscal 2019 was $205,000.
2021-04-15	Edie A. Ames, age 54, brings over 33 years of restaurant industry experience across the casual dining, fast-casual and fine dining segments. Ms. Ames currently serves as CEO of Tastes on the Fly Airport Restaurant Group, a San Francisco-based company. Previously, she held numerous leadership roles, including Chief Executive Officer of The Pie Hole, a Los Angeles based fast casual dining restaurant, President of The Counter and BUILT® Custom Burgers, Executive Vice President of Wolfgang Puck Catering, Chief Operating Officer of both Real Mex Restaurants and Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group, and President of Morton’s Restaurant Group. Earlier in her career she spent 11 years at California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. where she held positions of increasing responsibility. When evaluating Ms. Ames’ qualifications for Board service, the Governance Committee and the Board considered Ms. Ames’ more than 33 years of restaurant industry experience, including operational experience, domestic and international licensing and franchise experience, numerous leadership roles with a variety of restaurant concepts across the casual dining, fast-casual and fine dining segments and her current status as an “independent director” under Nasdaq rules.
2022-04-07	Edie A. Ames, age 55, brings over 34 years of restaurant industry experience across the casual dining, fast-casual and fine dining segments. Ms. Ames currently serves as CEO of Tastes on the Fly Airport Restaurant Group, a San Francisco based company. Previously, she held numerous leadership roles, including Chief Executive Officer of The Pie Hole, a Los Angeles based fast casual dining restaurant, President of The Counter and BUILT® Custom Burgers, Executive Vice President of Wolfgang Puck Catering, Chief Operating Officer of both Real Mex Restaurants and Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group, and President of Morton’s Restaurant Group. Earlier in her career she spent 11 years at California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. where she held positions of increasing responsibility. When evaluating Ms. Ames’ qualifications for Board service, the Governance Committee and the Board considered Ms. Ames’ more than 34 years of restaurant industry experience, including operational experience, domestic and international licensing and franchise experience, numerous leadership roles with a variety of restaurant concepts across the casual dining, fast-casual and fine dining segments and her current status as an “independent director” under Nasdaq rules.
2023-04-20	Ms. Ames, age 56, brings over 35 years of restaurant industry experience. She serves as a member of our Compensation Committee and is an independent director. Director compensation for Ms. Ames was $215,000 in 2022.
2024-04-18	Ms. Ames has over 35 years of restaurant industry experience across the casual dining, fast casual and fine dining segments. Committee: Compensation. The following table sets forth certain information regarding the compensation earned by each non-employee director who served on our Board in fiscal 2023. Ms. Ames total compensation was $228,500.