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About Chefs' Warehouse
From its filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission
Chefs' Warehouse is based in Ridgefield, Connecticut and is incorporated in Delaware. Its shares trade on Nasdaq under the ticker CHEF. The SEC classifies its business as wholesale-groceries, general line. In the fiscal year to 26 December 2025, it reported revenue of $4.15bn and net income of $72.4m. At that date it held total assets of $2.03bn and shareholders' equity of $604.3m. By business, Total specialty brought in 61.2% of revenue, followed by Center-of-the-plate at 38.8%. By region, United States accounted for 90.6%, followed by International at 9.4%.
We are a premier distributor of specialty food and center-of-the-plate products in the United States, the Middle East, and Canada. We are focused on serving the specific needs of chefs who own and/or operate some of the leading menu-driven independent restaurants, fine dining establishments, country clubs, hotels, caterers, culinary schools, bakeries, patisseries, chocolateries, cruise lines, casinos and specialty food stores in the United States, the Middle East, and Canada (collectively, our “Core Customers”). We believe that we have a distinct competitive advantage in serving these customers as a result of our extensive selection of distinctive and hard-to-find specialty and center-of-the-plate food products, our product knowledge and our customer service.
We define specialty food products as gourmet foods and ingredients that are of the highest grade, quality or style as measured by their uniqueness, exotic origin or particular processing method. Our product portfolio includes over 90,000 stock-keeping units (“SKUs”) from more than 4,000 different suppliers and is comprised primarily of imported and domestic specialty food products, such as artisan charcuterie, specialty cheeses, unique oils and vinegars, truffles, caviar, chocolate and pastry products. We also offer an extensive line of center-of-the-plate products, including custom cut beef, seafood and hormone-free poultry, as well as produce and broadline food products, such as cooking oils, butter, eggs, milk and flour.
Quoted from its 10-K, filed 24 Feb 2026. Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗
Company facts
- Sector
- Consumer Staples
- Industry
- Food & Staples Retailing
- Listed since
- 28 Jul 2011
- Employees
- 5,156
- Website
- chefswarehouse.com ↗
- Head office
- 100 EAST RIDGE ROAD, RIDGEFIELD, CT, 06877
- Incorporated in
- DE
- Classification
- Wholesale-Groceries, General Line
- Filer status
- Large accelerated filer
Leadership
Pay as last reported
- Mr. Christopher PappasChairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, Founder, since 1985$5.8m
- Mr. John PappasVice Chairman of the Board, Founder, Chief Operating Officer, since 2011$3.3m
- Mr. James LeddyChief Financial Officer, Assistant Secretary$1.7m
- Ms. Christina PolychroniChief Human Resources Officer$1.2m
- Mr. Timothy MccauleyChief Accounting Officer$825,852
- Mr. Alexandros AldousGeneral Counsel, Corporate Secretary, Chief Government Relations Officer, Chief Administrative Officer$1.6m
- Ms. Ivy BrownIndependent Director$199,981
- Mr. Steven GoldstoneIndependent Director$198,731
- Mr. Aylwin LewisIndependent Director$214,356
- Mr. Lester OwensIndependent Director$221,919
- Mr. Richard PeretzIndependent Director$201,122
- Ms. Debra Walton-RuskinIndependent Director$219,316
Environmental, social and governance
Scores out of 100, from our data supplier
- Overall
- 41
- Environment
- 10
- Social
- 66
- Governance
- 46
- Carbon reduction policy
- No
- Human rights policy
- Yes
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