Company: CHEF
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001517175-25-000003
Chunk: 7

Company: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: DEF 14A
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 an Amendment to the Amended and Restated 2019 Equity Incentive Plan |     | 53 |
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| Stockholder Proposals for the 2026Annual Meeting of Stockholders                           |     | 62 |

<div align='center'>THE CHEFS’ WAREHOUSE, INC.
100 East Ridge Road
Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877</div>

### PROXY STATEMENT
<div align='center'>FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON MAY 9, 2025</div>

This proxy statement is being furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the board of directors (which we sometimes refer to as the “Board” in this proxy statement) of The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (the “Company”) for use at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to be held on Friday, May 9, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, on the internet through a virtual web conference at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/chef25 , and at any adjournments or postponements of the Annual Meeting. The Board is soliciting proxies by mail for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of the Annual Meeting. The Company will bear the cost of soliciting the proxies.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting to be Held on May 9, 2025:

As outlined in the notice we mailed to you on or about March 26, 2025 (the “Notice of Proxy Availability”), the proxy statement, proxy card and Annual Report on Form 10-K to Stockholders for the fiscal year ended December 27, 2024 are available on the internet at www.proxyvote.com .

### INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEETING

#### Record Date and Share Ownership
Only stockholders of record on our books at the close of business on March 17, 2025 (the “Record Date”) will be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting and any adjournments or postponements of the Annual Meeting. As of the close of business on the Record Date, we had 40,988,475 shares of common stock outstanding and eligible to vote on each matter brought before the Annual Meeting. Each share of common stock entitles the record holder to one vote on each matter to be voted upon at the Annual Meeting