Company: CHEF
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001517175-25-000003
Chunk: 78

Company: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 78
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 and Permissible Non-Audit Services

The Audit Committee has adopted a policy requiring pre-approval of all audit and non-audit related services to be provided by the Company’s independent auditor regardless of amount. These services may include audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other related services. BDO and management are required to periodically report to the Audit Committee regarding the extent of services provided by BDO in accordance with this pre-approval and the fees for the services performed to date. The Audit Committee may also pre-approve particular services on a case-by-case basis. In fiscal 2024, all services provided by BDO were pre-approved by the Audit Committee in accordance with this policy.

#### Audit Committee Report
The Audit Committee of the Board reports to and acts on behalf of the Board and is responsible for providing independent, objective oversight of the Company’s accounting functions and internal controls and processes for monitoring compliance with laws and regulations. The Audit Committee is composed of “independent directors,” as defined in the Nasdaq Listing Rules, and acts under a written charter in compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and other regulations adopted by the SEC and Nasdaq.

The role of the Audit Committee is to assist the Board in the oversight of:

• Compliance with legal and regulatory requirements;

• Accounting and reporting practices;

• The integrity of the Company’s financial statements;

• The qualifications, independence and performance of BDO, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm;

• The performance of the Company’s internal audit function; and

• Risk and risk management.

During fiscal 2024, the Audit Committee held nine (9) meetings and fulfilled all its responsibilities as set forth in the Audit Committee’s charter, including:

• Reviewing with BDO and the internal auditors the overall scope and plans for the respective audits for the current year;

• Approving all audit engagement fees and terms, as well as permissible non-audit engagements with BDO (please refer to “ PROPOSAL 2 - RATIFICATION OF THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM - FEES PAID TO BDO USA, P.C. ” beginning on page 51 of this proxy statement for a detailed discussion of such fees and related approvals);

• Reviewing the experience and qualifications of the senior members of the BDO audit team;

• Assuring the regular rotation of BDO’s lead audit partner as required by law and considering whether there should be rotation of the independent registered public accounting firm itself;

• Reviewing and discussing