Meet the man who has tasted everything on the Cheesecake Factory’s ridiculously long menu

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LOS ANGELES — The Cheesecake Factory’s official taste tester leaned toward a massive mound of steaming, parsley-flecked rice and jabbed his fork into a chunk of glistening cashew chicken. He closed his eyes for a moment, considering the texture of the dish, a longtime staple that, after a couple-year hiatus, would soon return to the chain’s menu. “Not as soft as I’d like it,” he told the executive chef, who nodded. Next, he turned to the seared ahi tuna salad, but he doesn’t like fish, so he took a single bite of lettuce and radish before confidently setting down his...