THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY

The Kitchen Speaks

A series of digital shorts about the overworked kitchen appliances responsible for the restaurant’s famously daunting menu.

The Cheesecake Factory makes all their dishes fresh from a menu of 250+ items. This is borderline insane. 

I wrote a series of digital shorts based on the kitchen's overworked, exhausted, and slightly deranged kitchen appliances. 

These films featured a depressed cutting board, a jaded knife, a hipster cheese grater, a groovy mixing bowl, a psychotic frying pan, and a whisk who was either overly-enthusiastic, deranged, or just dizzy.

"The New Guy"

"Close Encounter"

"Choppin' Blues"

"Relax"

Sidebar: I was extremely excited to work with Fred Tatasciore, who we cast as Frying Pan. The night before record, I stayed up late writing wild lines for his freakout scene. They didn't make it into the final cut, but I love them. 

"Motivational Speech"

"Prep for the Prep"

"Favorite Things"

Credits:
Tyler Jensen, art director
Jason Apaliski, creative director
Bill Spangler, producer