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In 2009, Rauch began playing the recurring role of Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz, a co-worker of Penny's at The Cheesecake Factory who began to date Howard Wolowitz, in the third season of CBS's The Big Bang Theory. [9]
Dec 3, 2013 · Bernadette worked at the Cheesecake Factory with Penny to pay off her debts in graduate school, studying to become a microbiologist. She met Howard at work as Penny introduced the couple. In the present, Bernadette has received her Ph.D, and was offered a job at a big pharmaceutical company named Zangen.
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The Cheesecake Factory is a restaurant in Pasadena where Penny worked as a waitress to pay her bills and where Leonard, Sheldon, Raj and Howard often go to eat. Bernadette also worked here for a time before she got her PhD in Microbiology and was headhunted for a job with a pharmaceutical company ("The Roommate Transmogrification") to which she accepted.
In "The Panty Piñata Polarization" (S02E07), Penny guesses all the boys' orders, from which it can be concluded that all four regularly order the same thing, which would be:
•"A barbecue bacon cheeseburger, barbecue sauce, bacon and cheese on the side." for Sheldon
•"A quesadilla with soy cheese for the lactose-intolerant Leonard"
•"Shrimp Caesar salad with no almonds for the highly allergic kosher-only-on-the-high-holidays Howard"
•"And for our suddenly 'back on the Hindu wagon' Raj, meatlover's pizza, no meat."
The Cheesecake Factory is the primary source of Penny's income in the series (Seasons 1–7). She works there as a waitress and bartender, and always serves the guys when they come in (albeit season 2). Bernadette also worked there as a waitress before getting her PhD.
The Cheesecake Factory serves free cheesecake slices on someone's birthday when they come in. It is against restaurant policy to give out free nachos.
Penny meets her on-and-off boyfriend Zack Johnson here, who works for a family run company that designed the menus for The Cheesecake Factory.
In addition, The Cheesecake Factory has a walk-in freezer in the back, as seen in The Monopolar Expedition, where Leonard, Sheldon, Raj, and Howard simulated Arctic conditions to train for their 3-month expedition to the magnetic north pole.
Sheldon always orders the barbecue bacon cheeseburger with the barbecue sauce, bacon and cheese on the side.
Leonard cannot have any "cheese" products, being lactose intolerant.
The Cheesecake Factory as depicted on the show bears little, if any, resemblance to the actual chain of restaurants (including the sole Cheesecake Factory in Pasadena, California) which typically have a more upscale decor than the restaurant depicted on the show. The restaurants are usually decorated in neutrals and reds with decor including elements such as (faux) stone columns. Restaurants do not typically have a stage or musical performances in them.
The uniforms depicted on the show also have no connection to the uniforms worn by actual Cheesecake Factory staff.
•Sheldon always orders the barbecue bacon cheeseburger with the barbecue sauce, bacon and cheese on the side.
•The Cheesecake Factory also produces: sea bass, meat-lovers pizza (can be served without meat), Shepherd's pie, Caesar salad, nachos, quesadilla (can be served with soy cheese), iced tea (and alcoholic beverages served either at the table or at the bar), water, chicken tortilla soup, potato leek soup, chocolate key lime pie, carrot cake and various other desserts.
•The Cheesecake Factory has two pages of desserts on their menu.
•The Cheesecake Factory have "specials" which change on a daily basis.
•The performance stage has been used thrice, once by Howard on his own ("The Vengeance Formulation"), the other time accompanied by Amy ("The Scavenger Vortex"). The first time, Sheldon was singing and playing Keyboard, because Penny secretly mixed alcohol in his drinks thus he became inebriated ("The Grasshopper Experiment").
•Sheldon temporarily worked at the restaurant for free without being hired to help with his own work ("The Einstein Approximation").
•The Cheesecake Factory on Wikipedia
Howard was introduced to Bernadette by Penny, who was a waitress with her at the Cheesecake Factory. Howard and Bernadette soon bonded over their overbearing mothers. When Howard realized this could become a lasting relationship, he quickly proposed to Bernadette.
Jan 9, 2014 · Sheldon tries to relax after he is forced to take a vacation. Leonard struggles to be supportive of Penny after she quits her job. Amy receives unwanted attention from a co-worker. Bernadette seeks Stuart's help in replacing one of Howard's comic books.
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May 14, 2022 · Rauch plays Bernadette Rostenkowski, a microbiologist who is a coworker of Penny's (Kaley Cuoco) at the Cheesecake Factory, where Bernadette is working to put herself through grad school....
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Bernadette, played by Melissa Rauch, is a Cheesecake factory waitress that works alongside Penny. Penny introduced her to Wolowitz and now the two are dating.
