Company: CHEF
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001517175-25-000003
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Company: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: DEF 14A
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<div align='center'>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549</div>

#### SCHEDULE 14A
<div align='center'>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</div>

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#### The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc.
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<div align='center'>The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc.
Notice Of Annual Meeting Of Stockholders
To Be Held On May 9, 2025</div>

Dear Stockholder:

You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (the “Company”), which will be held on Friday, May 9, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. EDT. We are pleased to announce that the Annual Meeting will be a virtual meeting, which will be conducted via live webcast. If you attend the Annual Meeting online, you will be able to vote your shares electronically and submit your questions during the Annual Meeting through a virtual web conference at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/chef25 .

We are holding the Annual Meeting for the following purposes:

1. To elect Ivy Brown, Steven F. Goldstone, Aylwin Lewis, Lester Owens, Christopher Pappas,