EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT

This
is an Employment Agreement entered into between TurboChef Technologies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, or TurboChef, and James A. Cochran, or Executive, the
terms and conditions of which are as follows:

§ 1.    TERM
OF EMPLOYMENT

Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Employment Agreement, TurboChef
agrees to employ Executive and Executive agrees to be employed by TurboChef for
an initial term of three years, starting on October 28, 2003 and ending on the third
anniversary of such date; provided, however, this initial three year term
automatically shall extend for one additional year on such third anniversary
date and on each subsequent anniversary of such date unless TurboChef or
Executive notifies the other pursuant to § 6(a) that no such extension
will be effected at least six months before such anniversary date.  The date described in this § 1 on which
Executive starts his employment with TurboChef shall be referred to in this
Employment Agreement as the Starting Date. 
The employment term described in this § 1 shall be referred to in
this Employment Agreement as the Term. 
Executives primary location of employment shall be at TurboChefs
offices in Atlanta, Georgia.

§ 2.    POSITION
AND DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

(a)     Position.  Executive shall be the Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer of TurboChef.

(b)     Duties
and Responsibilities.  Executives
duties and responsibilities shall be those normally associated with Executives
position as a vice president and chief financial officer of a corporation plus
any additional duties and responsibilities that TurboChefs Board of Directors
from time to time may assign orally or in writing to Executive.  Executive shall report to TurboChefs Board
of Directors and shall have such powers as may be delegated to him by such
board.  Executive shall undertake to
perform all Executives duties and responsibilities for TurboChef in good faith
and on a full-time basis and shall at all times act in the course of
Executives employment under this Employment Agreement in the best interest of TurboChef.

§ 3.    COMPENSATION
AND BENEFITS

(a)     Base
Salary.  Executives initial base
salary shall be $243,000.00 per year, which base salary shall be payable in
accordance with TurboChefs standard payroll practices and policies for senior
executives (but not less frequently than monthly) and shall be subject to such
withholdings as required by law or as otherwise permissible under such
practices or policies.  Executives base
salary shall be adjusted annually for any changes in the Consumer Price Index
(CPI), with the adjustment applied effective as of the first day of the month
following the anniversary of the Starting Date.  The adjustment will be directly proportional to the percent
change in the CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the U.S. City Average for
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the CPI for October for
the current year against the CPI for October 2003.  The Compensation Committee may, in its sole discretion, determine
a reasonable adjustment if a major revision in the CPI occurs.  The base salary also is subject to periodic
adjustments as determined by the Compensation Committee of TurboChefs Board of
Directors.

(b)     Bonus.  Executive during the Term shall be eligible
to receive an annual bonus at the discretion of the Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer based upon performance and achievement of key Company
objectives.  The bonus amount shall not
exceed 100% of the base annual salary and it may be prorated for any partial
year of employment.

(c)     Employee
Benefit Plans.  Executive shall be
eligible to participate in the employee benefit plans, programs and policies
maintained by TurboChef for similarly situated executives in accordance with
the terms and conditions to participate in such plans, programs and policies as
in effect from time to time.

(d)     Option
Grants.  All options to purchase
shares of the common stock of TurboChef (TurboChef Stock) that TurboChef
grants to Executive shall vest over thirty six months in twelve equal quarterly
installments of 8-1/3% on the calendar date of the grant in the third, sixth,
ninth and twelfth months following the grant date and following each of the
next two anniversaries of the grant date.

(e)     Vacation.  Executive shall accrue six weeks of vacation
during each successive one year period in the Term, which vacation time shall
be taken at such time or times in each such one year period so as not to
materially and adversely interfere with the business of TurboChef.

(f)     Expenses.  TurboChef shall reimburse Executive for, or
pay directly, all reasonable business expenses incurred by Executive at the
request of, or on behalf of, TurboChef in the performance of Executives duties
under this Employment Agreement, provided that Executive incurs and accounts
for such expenses in accordance with all of the policies and directives of TurboChef
as in effect from time to time. 
Business expenses reimbursable hereunder shall be referred to in this
Employment Agreement as Business Expenses.

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4.    TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

(a)     Termination
By TurboChef Other Than For Cause Or Disability Or By Executive For Good
Reason.

| | (1) | TurboChef shall have the right to terminate
  Executives employment at any time, and Executive shall have the right to
  resign at any time.  However, a notice
  under § 1 that no extension of Executives Term will be effected shall
  not constitute a termination of Executives employment by TurboChef or a
  resignation by Executive.  If either TurboChef
  or Executive elects to give such notice, TurboChefs only obligation to
  Executive under
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|                                                                                         |     | this Employment Agreement after the expiration of
  the Term shall be to pay Executives earned but unpaid salary and benefits
  then in effect under § 3(a), if any, until the date the Term expired.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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|                                                                                         | (2) | If TurboChef terminates Executives employment other
  than for Cause or Disability or Executive resigns for Good Reason, TurboChef
  shall (in lieu of any other severance benefits under any of TurboChefs
  employee benefit plans, programs or policies) pay Executive an amount in a
  lump sum equal to three times Executives total annual compensation
  (including base salary, bonuses and benefits) in effect either immediately
  before Executives termination of employment or on the first day of the Term,
  whichever is greater, and TurboChef thereafter shall make any Gross-Up
  Payment called for under § 4(f) to Executive.  Such payment shall be made within five business days after the
  date Executives employment is terminated, or, in the case of a Gross-Up
  Payment under § 4(f), when such excise tax is determined to be payable.  Executive waives Executives rights, if
  any, to have such payment taken into account in computing any other benefits
  payable to, or on behalf of, Executive by TurboChef.  In addition, all outstanding stock options
  shall immediately vest and become exercisable, and the agreements or
  certificates representing such options shall be deemed amended as necessary
  to permit such accelerated vesting.
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|(b)     Termination
  By TurboChef For Cause or By Executive Other Than For Good Reason.
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|                                                                                         | (1) | TurboChef shall have the right to terminate Executives
  employment at any time for Cause, and Executive shall have the right to
  resign at any time other than for Good Reason.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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|                                                                                         | (2) | If TurboChef terminates Executives employment for
  Cause or Executive resigns other than for Good Reason, TurboChef only
  obligation to Executive under this Employment Agreement shall be to pay
  Executives earned but unpaid base salary and benefits up to the date
  Executives employment terminates. 
  Furthermore, if terminated for Cause, Executive shall forfeit any
  amount of a bonus that may have been earned in the year of termination and
  Executives right to exercise any outstanding options to purchase common
  stock of TurboChef.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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|(c)     Cause.  The term Cause as used in this
  Employment Agreement means           
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  judgment of TurboChefs Board of Directors constitutes gross negligence,
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  Agreement, including conduct resulting or intending to result directly or
  indirectly in gain or personal enrichment for Executive at TurboChefs
  expense;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | (2) | Executive has been convicted of a felony for fraud,
  embezzlement or theft; or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | (3) | Executive has engaged in a breach of any provision
  of this Employment Agreement which Executive has failed to cure within thirty
  days after Executive has notice of such breach from TurboChefs Board of
  Directors; provided, however,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | (4) | No Cause shall exist under this Employment
  Agreement unless (i) Executive has been provided a detailed, written
  statement of the basis for TurboChefs belief that Cause exists and an
  opportunity to meet with TurboChefs Board of Directors (together with
  Executives counsel (if Executive chooses to have Executives counsel present
  at such meeting)) after Executive has had a reasonable period in which to
  review such statement and (ii) TurboChefs Board of Directors determines
  (after such meeting, if Executive meets with TurboChefs Board of Directors)
  reasonably and in good faith and by the affirmative vote of not less than a
  majority of the members of TurboChefs Board of Directors then in office at a
  meeting called and held for such purpose that Cause does exist under this
  Employment Agreement.
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|(d)     Good
  Reason.  The term Good Reason
  means, in the absence of Executives specific agreement thereto,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | (1) | Any material reduction in Executives base salary;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | (2) | A material reduction in Executives job functions,
  duties or responsibilities, or a similar change in Executives reporting
  relationships;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | (3) | A relocation of Executives primary work site more
  than one hundred miles from Executives current primary work site; or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | (4) | Any material breach of any of the terms of this
  Employment Agreement by TurboChef;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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|provided, however, no Good Reason shall exist unless
  (i) Executive gives TurboChef a detailed, written statement of the basis for
  Executives belief that Good Reason exists and gives TurboChef a fifteen day
  period after the delivery of such statement to cure the basis for such belief
  and (ii) Executive actually submits Executives resignation to TurboChefs
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|after the end of such fifteen day period if
  Executive reasonably and in good faith determines that Good Reason continues
  to exist after the end of such fifteen day period.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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|(e)     Termination
  for Disability or Death.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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|The
  term Disability as used in this Employment Agreement means the suffering by
  Executive for at least a 180 consecutive day period of a physical or mental
  condition resulting from bodily injury, disease, or mental disorder which
  renders Executive incapable of continuing even with reasonable accommodation
  to perform the essential functions of Executives job.  TurboChefs Board of Directors shall
  determine whether Executive has a Disability.  If Executive disputes such determination, the issue shall be
  submitted to a panel consisting of three physicians who specialize in the
  physical or mental condition from which Executive suffers, one appointed and
  paid by TurboChef, one appointed and paid by Executive and the third
  appointed by these two physicians and paid one-half by TurboChef and one-half
  by Executive.  The determination as to
  whether Executive has a Disability shall be made by such panel and shall be
  binding on TurboChef and on Executive.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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|(f)     Change
  in Control.  If there is a Change
  in Control, Executives right to exercise all outstanding stock options
  which have been granted to Executive by TurboChef shall immediately become
  100% vested and non-forfeitable and, further, Executive shall have the right
  in Executives sole discretion upon two weeks advance written notice to
  resign Executives employment as of any date within the six month period
  immediately following the date of such Change in Control, in which event TurboChef
  shall pay to Executive within five days after the date of the termination of
  Executives employment an amount equal to three times Executives total
  annual compensation (including base salary, bonuses and benefits) in effect either
  immediately before Executives termination of employment or on the first day
  of the Term, whichever is greater.  TurboChef
  thereafter shall make any Gross-Up Payment called for under this
  § 4(f) to Executive when such excise tax is determined to be payable.  Executive waives Executives right, if
  any, to have any and all such options (to the extent an exercise right is
  accelerated under this § 4(f)) and payments taken into account in
  computing any other benefits payable to, or on behalf of, Executive by TurboChef.
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | (1) | The acquisition at any time by any person, entity or
  group within the meaning of Sections 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934 (excluding, for this purpose, TurboChef, its affiliates,
  or any employee benefit plan of TurboChef or any of its affiliates) of
  beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under such
  securities law) of more than fifty percent of either the then outstanding
  shares of common stock of TurboChef or of the combined voting power of TurboChefs
  then outstanding voting securities or any such acquisition of more than fifty
  percent of either such common stock or voting securities of TurboChef or of
  the combined voting power of TurboChefs then outstanding voting securities
  except for an acquisition resulting from a disposition of such stock or
  securities effected by TurboChef or a public offering by TurboChef;                                                                                                  
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  Board of Directors of TurboChef, who shall be referred to as the Incumbent
  Members, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of such
  Board of Directors, provided that any individual becoming a member after the
  date of this Employment Agreement whose election, or nomination for election
  by TurboChefs stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of
  the then Incumbent Members shall be considered as though such individual was
  an Incumbent Member; provided, however, that any individual becoming a member
  of the Board of Directors in the aforesaid manner as part of a group whose
  membership after election constitutes a majority of the Board of Directors,
  or whose membership becomes a majority of the Board of Directors within a
  reasonably short period of time because of the resignation of Incumbent
  Members following the election of such group, will not be considered as an
  Incumbent Member; or
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | (3) | The approval by the stockholders of TurboChef of (i)
  a merger, consolidation or other reorganization where, in each case, with respect
  to which persons who were the stockholders of TurboChef immediately prior to
  such merger, consolidation or other reorganization, immediately thereafter,
  they do not own more than fifty percent of the combined voting power of the
  merged, consolidated or reorganized TurboChefs then outstanding voting
  securities, or of (ii) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of TurboChef;
  provided, however, in such event the Change in Control described in this
  § 4(f) will be deemed to have occurred immediately prior to such stockholder
  approval.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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  TurboChef or TurboChefs accountants determine that the option exercise right
  and the severance payments called for under this § 4(f) plus any other
  payments or benefits made available to Executive by TurboChef upon a Change
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|in Executive being subject to an excise tax under
  Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or Code, or
  if such an excise tax is assessed against Executive as a result of such
  option exercise right or payment or other benefits, TurboChef shall make a Gross
  Up Payment to or on behalf of Executive as and when each and any such
  determination or assessment, as applicable, is made, provided Executive takes
  such action (other than waiving Executives right to any payments or benefits
  otherwise due from TurboChef) as TurboChef reasonably requests under the
  circumstances to mitigate or challenge such tax; provided, however, if TurboChef
  or TurboChefs accountants determine that no Gross Up Payment would be
  payable under this § 4(f) if Executive waives Executives right to
  receive a part of such payments and such part does not exceed $10,000,
  Executive agrees to irrevocably waive Executives right to receive such part
  of such payments if an independent accountant or lawyer retained by Executive
  and paid by TurboChef agrees with the determination made by TurboChef or TurboChefs
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|The
  term Gross Up Payment as used in this Employment Agreement shall mean a
  payment to or on behalf of Executive which shall be sufficient to pay (i) any
  excise tax described in this § 4(f) in full, (ii) any federal, state and
  local income tax and social security or other employment tax on the payment
  made to pay such excise tax as well as any additional excise tax on such
  payment and (iii) any interest or penalties assessed by the Internal Revenue
  Service on Executive if such interest or penalties are attributable to TurboChefs
  failure to comply with its obligations under this §4(f) or applicable
  law.  Any determination under this
  §4(f) by TurboChef or TurboChefs accountants shall be made in accordance
  with Section 280G of the Code and any applicable related regulations (whether
  proposed, temporary or final) and any related Internal Revenue Service
  rulings and any related case law and, if TurboChef reasonably requests that
  Executive take action to mitigate or challenge, or to mitigate and challenge,
  any such tax or assessment and Executive complies with such request, TurboChef
  shall provide Executive with such information and such expert advice and
  assistance from TurboChefs accountants, lawyers and other advisors as
  Executive may reasonably request and shall pay for all expenses incurred in
  effecting such compliance and any related fines, penalties, interest and
  other assessments.
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|(g)     Benefits
  at Termination of Employment. 
  Executive upon Executives termination of employment shall have the
  right to receive any benefits payable under TurboChefs employee benefit
  plans, programs and policies which Executive otherwise has a nonforfeitable
  right to receive under the terms of such plans, programs and policies (other
  than severance benefits) independent of Executives rights under this
  Employment Agreement in addition to any base salary under § 3(a) which
  accrued as of the termination date and are expressly payable under this
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|§ 5.    COVENANTS
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| | (1) | Executive upon the termination of Executives
  employment for any reason or, if earlier, upon TurboChefs request shall
  promptly return all Property which had been entrusted or made available to
  Executive by TurboChef.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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| | (2) | The term Property means all records, files,
  memoranda, reports, price lists, customer lists, drawings, plans, sketches,
  keys, codes, computer hardware and software, equipment and other property of
  any kind or description prepared, used or possessed by Executive during
  Executives employment by TurboChef and, if applicable, any of its affiliates
  (and any duplicates of any such property) together with any and all
  information, ideas, concepts, discoveries, and inventions and the like
  conceived, made, developed or acquired at any time by Executive individually
  or, with others during Executives employment which relate to TurboChef business,
  products or services.
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| | (b) | Trade Secrets.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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| | (c) | Confidential Information.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |  |     | shall not directly or indirectly use or disclose,
  any Confidential Information that Executive may have acquired (whether or
  not developed or compiled by Executive and whether or not Executive is
  authorized to have access to such information) during the term of, and in the
  course of, or as a result of Executives employment by TurboChef or any of
  its affiliates.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |  | (2) | The term Confidential Information means any
  secret, confidential or proprietary information possessed by TurboChef or any
  of its affiliates relating to their businesses, including, without
  limitation, trade secrets, customer lists, details of client or consultant
  contracts, current and anticipated customer requirements, pricing policies,
  price lists, market studies, business plans, operational methods, marketing
  plans or strategies, product development techniques or flaws, computer
  software programs (including object code and source code), data and
  documentation data, base technologies, systems, structures and architectures,
  inventions and ideas, past current and planned research and development,
  compilations, devices, methods, techniques, processes, financial information
  and data, business acquisition plans and new personnel acquisition plans (not
  otherwise included in the definition of a Trade Secret under this Employment
  Agreement) that has not become generally available to the public by the act
  of one who has the right to disclose such information without violating any
  right of TurboChef or any of its affiliates. 
  Confidential Information may include, but not be limited to, future
  business plans, licensing strategies, advertising campaigns, information
  regarding customers, Executives and independent contractors and the terms and
  conditions of this Employment Agreement.
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|(d)     Restricted
  Period.  The term Restricted
  Period as used in the Employment Agreement shall mean the twenty-four month
  period which starts on the date Executives employment terminates with TurboChef
  without regard to whether such termination comes before or after the end of
  the Term.
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|(e)     Nonsolicitation
  of Customers or Employees.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |  | (1) | Executive (i) while employed under this Employment
  Agreement shall not, on Executives own behalf or on behalf of any person,
  firm, partnership, association, corporation or business organization, entity
  or enterprise (other than TurboChef or one of its affiliates), solicit
  Competing Business of customers of TurboChef or any of its affiliates and
  (ii) during the Restricted Period shall not, on Executives own behalf or on
  behalf of any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation or business
  organization, entity or enterprise, solicit Competing Business of customers
  of TurboChef or any of its affiliates with whom Executive within the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

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| |  |     | twenty-four month period immediately preceding the
  beginning of the Restricted Period had or made contact with in the course of
  Executives employment by TurboChef.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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| |  | (2) | Executive (i) while employed under this Employment
  Agreement shall not, either directly or indirectly, call on, solicit or
  attempt to induce any other officer, employee or independent contractor of TurboChef
  or any of its affiliates to terminate his or her employment with TurboChef or
  any of its affiliates and shall not assist any other person or entity in such
  a solicitation (regardless of whether any such officer, employee or
  independent contractor would commit a breach of contract by terminating his
  or her employment), and (ii) during the Restricted Period, shall not,
  either directly or indirectly, call on, solicit or attempt to induce any
  other officer, employee or independent contractor of TurboChef or any of its
  affiliates with whom Executive had contact, knowledge of, or association in
  the course of Executives employment with TurboChef or any of its affiliates
  as the case may be, during the twelve month period immediately preceding the
  beginning of the Restricted Period, to terminate his or her employment with TurboChef
  or any of its affiliates and shall not assist any other person or entity in
  such a solicitation (regardless of whether any such officer, employee or
  independent contractor would commit a breach of contract by terminating his
  or her employment).
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| |  | (3) | The term Competing Business as used in this
  Employment Agreement means the development, marketing, selling, licensing or
  servicing of appliances utilizing a combination of microwave and other heating
  source for cooking food rapidly.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

(f)     Noncompetition
Obligation.  Executive while
employed under this Employment Agreement and thereafter during the Restricted
Period and within the United States, shall not organize or form any other
business that will conduct Competing Business and shall not engage in the
executive management of, or provide consulting concerning the executive
management of, Competing Business on behalf of any business other than TurboChef
or its affiliates.  Executive
acknowledges and agrees that the territory identified in this § 5(f) are
states in which Executive performs services for TurboChef by being actively
engaged as a member of TurboChefs executive management team in TurboChefs
operations in these states.

(g)     Reasonable
and Continuing Obligations. 
Executive agrees that Executives obligations under this § 5 are
obligations which will continue beyond the date Executives employment
terminates and that such obligations are reasonable and necessary to protect TurboChefs
legitimate business interests.  TurboChef
in addition shall have the right to take such other action as TurboChef deems
necessary or appropriate to compel compliance with the provisions of this
§ 5.

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(h)     Remedy
for Breach.  Executive agrees that
the remedies at law of TurboChef for any actual or threatened breach by
Executive of the covenants in this § 5 would be inadequate and that TurboChef
shall be entitled to specific performance of the covenants in this § 5,
including entry of an ex parte, temporary restraining order in state or federal
court, preliminary and permanent injunctive relief against activities in
violation of this § 5, or both, or other appropriate judicial remedy, writ
or order, in addition to any damages and legal expenses which TurboChef may be
legally entitled to recover.  Executive
acknowledges and agrees that the covenants in this § 5 shall be construed
as agreements independent of any other provision of this or any other agreement
between TurboChef and Executive, and that the existence of any claim or cause
of action by Executive against TurboChef, whether predicated upon this
Employment Agreement or any other agreement, shall not constitute a defense to
the enforcement by TurboChef of such covenants.

§ 6.    MISCELLANEOUS

(a)     Notices.  Notices and all other communications shall
be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when personally
delivered or when mailed by United States registered or certified mail.  Notices to TurboChef shall be sent to TurboChef
Technologies, Inc., 10500 Metric Drive, Suite 128, Dallas, Texas 75243,
Attention:  Corporate Secretary.  Notices and communications to Executive
shall be sent to the address Executive most recently provided to TurboChef.

(b)     No
Waiver.  Except for the notice
described in § 6(a), no failure by either TurboChef or Executive at any
time to give notice of any breach by the other of, or to require compliance
with, any condition or provision of this Employment Agreement shall be deemed a
waiver of any provisions or conditions of this Employment Agreement.

(c)     Delaware
Law and Georgia Courts.  This
Employment Agreement shall be governed by Delaware law without reference to the
choice of law principles thereof.  Any
litigation that may be brought by either TurboChef or Executive involving the
enforcement of this Employment Agreement or any rights, duties, or obligations
under this Employment Agreement, shall be brought exclusively in either the
state courts in and for Fulton County, Georgia or the United States District
Court, Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division.

(d)     Assignment.  This Employment Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of TurboChef and any successor to all or
substantially all of the business or assets of TurboChef.  TurboChef may assign this Employment
Agreement to any affiliate or successor, and no such assignment shall be
treated as a termination of Executives employment under this Employment
Agreement.  Executives rights and
obligations under this Employment Agreement are personal and shall not be
assigned or transferred.

(e)     Other
Agreements.  This Employment
Agreement replaces and merges any and all previous agreements and
understandings regarding all the terms and conditions of Executives employment
relationship with TurboChef, and this

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Employment Agreement
constitutes the entire agreement between TurboChef and Executive with respect
to such terms and conditions.

(f)     Amendment.  No amendment to this Employment Agreement
shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by TurboChef and by
Executive.

(g)     Invalidity.  If any part of this Employment Agreement is
held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or otherwise
unenforceable, the remaining part shall be unaffected and shall continue in
full force and effect, and the invalid or otherwise unenforceable part shall be
deemed not to be part of this Employment Agreement.

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, TurboChef and Executive have executed this Employment
Agreement in multiple originals to be effective on the first date of the Term.

|TURBOCHEF TECHNOLOGIES, INC. |  | EXECUTIVE                  
|---------------------------- |  | ---------------------------
|                             |  |                            
|By: /s/ Richard E. Perlman   |  | /s/ James A. Cochran       
|Richard E.
  Perlman         |  | James A. Cochran           
|Chairman                     |  | Senior Vice President & CFO
|                             |  |                            
|Date: 2/9/04                 |  | Date:  2/9/04              

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