Document:

EX-10.16

 Exhibit 10.16 
 January 31, 2007 
 Ms. Patricia M. Lecouras 

68 Greenfield Road 
 Stamford, CT 06906

 plecouras@aol.com 
 Dear Pat:

 It is with great pleasure that we confirm our offer to you for employment with Chefs Warehouse as Executive Vice President, Human Resources.
Your salary will be $3846.15 weekly, ($200,000 per annum), effective on your start date, which will be March 5, 2007. In this position you will report directly to me. 
 In addition to the starting base salary, the following will also be part of your Chefs Warehouse employment package: 
  

	 	•	 	 Four (4) weeks of vacation effective 2007. 

  

	 	•	 	 Eligibility to participate in Chef Warehouse’s 2007 Individual Variable Compensation Plan (Bonus) at a target of 50% of your annual base salary.
We will work together to plan for targets that will be based upon both company and personal objectives. 

  

	 	•	 	 Eligibility to participate in Chefs Warehouse’s equity plan at
 1/2 percent, vesting over 4 years. 

  

	 	•	 	 In the event that your employment is terminated by the Chefs Warehouse for reasons other than cause, you will be eligible for 12 months severance.

 This offer is contingent upon the following: your signing of the Employee Patent and Confidential Information Agreement and
Code of Ethics and a background verification, (to include previous employers and education/degrees) prior to your start date. 
 Chef Warehouse
offers an excellent benefits program designed to meet the needs of you and your eligible dependents. Coverage under most of these programs commences on the first day of employment. Information regarding these programs and other Company benefits,
along with guidelines concerning employment, will be discussed at your employee orientation. The terms and conditions of all benefit plans are governed by the summary plan descriptions which I have enclosed. 

Please be advised that Chefs Warehouse, the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliated companies intends to hire only legal workers (those
individuals who, by law, have the right to work in the United States). As a condition of employment with the Company, you will be required to show proof of work eligibility to the Human Resources Department no later than your first scheduled day of
employment. Enclosed is a copy of Form I-9 showing the necessary documentation needed to complete Section 2 on the form. Please bring this necessary documentation with you on your start date. 

 On your first day, we ask that you report to our warehouse at 1300 Viele Avenue, Bronx, New York. At that
time I will provide you with additional documentation necessary to begin your employment. 
 As evidence of your acceptance of this position,
please sign and return to me immediately this offer letter US Mail and the enclosed New Hire Paperwork. However, this letter does not establish a contract of employment for any duration. You or the Company may terminate your
employment at any time without notice. We are delighted that you have decided to join the team at Chefs Warehouse. We are confident that your employment with us can make a positive contribution to your career and that you, in turn, will help us in
attaining our corporate vision. 
 Sincerely, 
  

			
	Michael G. DeCata
	President
	Chefs Warehouse
	
	MD/mm
	Cc: Christopher Pappas
	Enclosures
		
	Accepted	 	 /s/ Patricia M. Lecouras

	Start Date	 	 3-5-2007EX-10.17

 Exhibit 10.17 

 
 

 
 February 18,
2011                     
 Alexandros
Aldous 
 c/o Sarah Whittington 
 4
Lafayette Court, Apartment 3D 
 Greenwich, CT 06830 
 alexandros_aldous@yahoo.com 
 203-585-3331 

Dear Alex: 
 It is my pleasure to offer you the
position of Legal Services Director with The Chefs’ Warehouse. This letter constitutes our offer. Please keep in mind that this letter and its contents are confidential. Please note that this offer of employment is contingent upon the
successful completion of a background check and drug screen. 
 The terms of this offer are as follows: 

 

	•	 	 Weekly salary of $2980.76 ($155,000 annually). This is an exempt position. 

 

	•	 	 Bonus Target of 25% of Base Salary (prorated for remainder of 2011). 

 

	•	 	 Your regular payday is Wednesday. 

  

	•	 	 Health insurance: Employees are currently eligible for group insurance on the first of the month following 30 days of employment. There is an employee
contribution amount of the premium based on the plan and level of coverage you choose. 

  

	•	 	 You are eligible to receive up to 15 vacation days and 5 sick days during your first year of employment. Additional vacation eligibility is provided
for in the Employee Handbook which you will receive. 

  

	•	 	 Other current benefits include 401(k) plan, Group Short Term Disability Insurance, Group Life Insurance and Flexible Spending Accounts. You will
receive full details on all current benefits when you begin your employment. 

  

	•	 	 Employees are also required to sign a confidentiality, non-solicit and invention agreement upon commencement of employment.

  

	•	 	 You represent and warrant that you have been advised that it is the policy and procedures of the Company to not accept obtain or use any confidential
or trade secret documents, electronic records or information you may have obtained from its competitors. You further represent and warrant that you have not given to the Company any confidential documents, electronic records, or information you may
have obtained from your former employer and that you will not disclose or utilize any such 

	 	 
confidential information in connection with your employment with the Company. You also warrant and represent that prior to the commencement of your employment with the Company, you have given to
the Company a copy of any confidentiality, non-solicit, non-compete or other agreements you may have had with you prior employers which might impact your ability to perform your duties or services for the Company. 

 

	•	 	 Your employment with the Company shall be at will and either you or the Company may terminate the employment relationship at any time for any reason
with or without prior notice. Further, nothing contained herein is or shall be construed as a contract of employment for a definite period of time. 

  

	•	 	 To comply with federal identification requirements set forth by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), it is required that on the first day of
employment you bring with you supporting documentation as listed on Form I-9 (DHS). Such documents include a driver’s license, social security card, birth certificate, or a U.S. Passport. 

 

	•	 	 Your tentative start date will be March 7, 2011. 

 If this offer is acceptable, please sign this letter and return it to us for our files. 
 We look
forward to having you join The Chefs’ Warehouse. 
  

					
	Sincerely,	 		 	ACCEPTED By Alexandros Aldous:
			
	 /s/ Patricia M. Lecouras
	 		 	 /s/ Alexandros Aldous

		 		 	Date:
		 		 	 March 7, 2011

			
	Patricia M. Lecouras	 		 	
			
	Executive Vice President, Human ResourcesEX-10.33

 Exhibit 10.33 
 EXECUTION COPY 
 AMENDMENT NO. 3 

Dated as of November 30, 2012 
 to 
 CREDIT AGREEMENT 

Dated as of April 25, 2012 
 THIS AMENDMENT NO. 3 (this “Amendment”) is made as of November 30, 2012 by and among Dairyland USA Corporation, a New York corporation (“Dairyland”), The Chefs’
Warehouse Mid-Atlantic, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CW Mid-Atlantic”), Bel Canto Foods, LLC, a New York limited liability company (“Bel Canto”), The Chefs’ Warehouse West Coast, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“CW West Coast”), and The Chefs’ Warehouse of Florida, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CW Florida” and, together with Dairyland, CW Mid-Atlantic, Bel Canto and CW West
Coast, the “Borrowers”), the financial institutions listed on the signature pages hereof and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), under that certain Credit Agreement dated
as of April 25, 2012 by and among the Borrowers, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement. 
 WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested that the requisite Lenders and the Administrative Agent agree to certain amendments to the Credit Agreement; 

WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Lenders party hereto and the Administrative Agent have so agreed on the terms and conditions set forth
herein; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, the terms and conditions contained herein, and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Borrowers, the Lenders party hereto and the Administrative Agent hereby agree to enter into this Amendment. 

1. Amendments to the Credit Agreement. Effective as of the date of satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in
Section 2 below, the parties hereto agree that the reference to “and (iv) Holdings and its Subsidiaries may make any other Restricted Payment, so long as the aggregate amount of all such Restricted Payments made pursuant to
this clause (iv) during any Fiscal Year does not exceed $1,000,000” appearing in Section 6.08(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 

“(iv) the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments payable solely in the form of their Equity
Interests pursuant to and in accordance with employment agreements, bonus plans, stock option plans, or other benefit plans for existing, new and former management, directors, employees and consultants of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries and
(v) Holdings and its Subsidiaries may make any other Restricted Payment, so long as the aggregate amount of all such Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (v) during any Fiscal Year does not exceed $1,000,000”

 2. Conditions of Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the
conditions precedent that (i) the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by the Borrowers, the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received
counterparts of the Consent and Reaffirmation attached as Exhibit A hereto duly executed by the Loan Guarantors and (iii) the Administrative Agent shall have received payment and/or reimbursement of the Administrative Agent’s and
its affiliates’ fees and expenses (including, to the extent invoiced in an invoice dated on or prior to the date hereof, fees and expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent) in connection with this Amendment. 

3. Representations and Warranties of the Borrowers. Each Borrower hereby represents and warrants as follows: 

(a) This Amendment and the Credit Agreement as modified hereby constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of such Borrower and are
enforceable against such Borrower in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity,
regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law. 
 (b) As of the date hereof and after giving effect to
the terms of this Amendment, (i) no Default has occurred and is continuing and (ii) the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, are true and correct in all material respects
(it being understood and agreed that any representation or warranty which by its terms is made as of a specified date shall be required to be true and correct only as of such specified date). 

4. Reference to and Effect on the Credit Agreement. 
 (a) Upon the effectiveness hereof, each reference to the Credit Agreement in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

 (b) Each Loan Document and all other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith
shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed. 
 (c) Except with respect to the subject matter
hereof, the execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement, the Loan
Documents or any other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith. 
 5.
Governing Law. This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York. 

6. Headings. Section headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a
part of this Amendment for any other purpose. 

  
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 7. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto
on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Signatures delivered by facsimile or PDF shall have the same force and effect as manual signatures
delivered in person. 
 [Signature Pages Follow] 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been duly executed as of the day and year first above
written. 
  

			
	DAIRYLAND USA CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ John D. Austin

	Name:	 	John D. Austin
	Title:	 	CFO
	
	THE CHEFS’ WAREHOUSE MID-ATLANTIC, LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ John D. Austin

	Name:	 	John D. Austin
	Title:	 	CFO
	
	BEL CANTO FOODS, LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ John D. Austin

	Name:	 	John D. Austin
	Title:	 	CFO
	
	THE CHEFS’ WAREHOUSE WEST COAST, LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ John D. Austin

	Name:	 	John D. Austin
	Title:	 	CFO
	
	THE CHEFS’ WAREHOUSE OF FLORIDA, LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ John D. Austin

	Name:	 	John D. Austin
	Title:	 	CFO

  
 Signature Page
to Amendment No. 3 to 
 Credit Agreement dated as of April 25, 2012 

The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. et al 

 
			
	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
	individually as a Lender, as the Swingline Lender, as the Issuing Bank and as Administrative Agent
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Patricia T. Stone

	Name:	 	Patricia T. Stone
	Title:	 	Authorized Officer

  
 Signature Page
to Amendment No. 3 to 
 Credit Agreement dated as of April 25, 2012 

The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. et al 

 
			
	GE CAPITAL BANK, formerly known as GE CAPITAL FINANCIAL INC.,
	as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Heather-Leigh Glade

	Name:	 	Heather-Leigh Glade
	Title:	 	Duly Authorized Signatory

  
 Signature Page
to Amendment No. 3 to 
 Credit Agreement dated as of April 25, 2012 

The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. et al 

 
			
	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
	as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Karen F. Booth

	Name:	 	Karen F. Booth
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President

  
 Signature Page
to Amendment No. 3 to 
 Credit Agreement dated as of April 25, 2012 

The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. et al 

 
			
	BMO HARRIS FINANCING, INC.,
	as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Philip Langheim

	Name:	 	Philip Langheim
	Title:	 	Managing Director

  
 Signature Page
to Amendment No. 3 to 
 Credit Agreement dated as of April 25, 2012 

The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. et al 

 
			
	BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY,
	as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Kenneth M. Blackwell

	Name:	 	Kenneth M. Blackwell
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President

  
 Signature Page
to Amendment No. 3 to 
 Credit Agreement dated as of April 25, 2012 

The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. et al 

 EXHIBIT A 
 Consent and Reaffirmation 
 Each of the undersigned hereby acknowledges
receipt of a copy of the foregoing Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement with respect to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of November 30, 2012 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
the “Credit Agreement”) by and among Dairyland USA Corporation, a New York corporation (“Dairyland”), The Chefs’ Warehouse Mid-Atlantic, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CW
Mid-Atlantic”), Bel Canto Foods, LLC, a New York limited liability company (“Bel Canto”), The Chefs’ Warehouse West Coast, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CW West Coast”), and The
Chefs’ Warehouse of Florida, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CW Florida” and, together with Dairyland, CW Mid-Atlantic, Bel Canto and CW West Coast the “Borrowers”), the other Loan Parties party
thereto, the Lenders and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), which Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement is dated as of November 30, 2012 and is by and among the Borrowers, the
financial institutions listed on the signature pages thereof and the Administrative Agent (the “Amendment”). Capitalized terms used in this Consent and Reaffirmation and not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in
the Credit Agreement. Without in any way establishing a course of dealing by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, each of the undersigned consents to the Amendment and reaffirms the terms and conditions of the Loan Guaranty and any other Loan
Document executed by it and acknowledges and agrees that the Loan Guaranty and each and every such Loan Document executed by the undersigned in connection with the Credit Agreement remains in full force and effect and is hereby reaffirmed, ratified
and confirmed. All references to the Credit Agreement contained in the above-referenced documents shall be a reference to the Credit Agreement as so modified by the Amendment and as the same may from time to time hereafter be amended, modified or
restated. 
 Dated November 30, 2012 
 [Signature Page Follows] 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Consent and Reaffirmation has been duly executed as of the day and
year above written. 
  

			
	DAIRYLAND USA CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ John D. Austin

	Name:	 	John D. Austin
	Title:	 	CFO
	
	THE CHEFS’ WAREHOUSE MID-ATLANTIC, LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ John D. Austin

	Name:	 	John D. Austin
	Title:	 	CFO
	
	BEL CANTO FOODS, LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ John D. Austin

	Name:	 	John D. Austin
	Title:	 	CFO
	
	THE CHEFS’ WAREHOUSE WEST COAST, LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ John D. Austin

	Name:	 	John D. Austin
	Title:	 	CFO
	
	THE CHEFS’ WAREHOUSE OF FLORIDA, LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ John D. Austin

	Name:	 	John D. Austin
	Title:	 	CFO

  
 Signature Page
to Consent and Reaffirmation to Amendment No. 3 to 
 Credit Agreement dated as of April 25, 2012 

The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. et al 

 
			
	THE CHEFS’ WAREHOUSE, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ John D. Austin

	Name:	 	John D. Austin
	Title:	 	CFO
	
	CHEFS’ WAREHOUSE PARENT, LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ John D. Austin

	Name:	 	John D. Austin
	Title:	 	CFO
	
	MICHAEL’S FINER MEATS, LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ John D. Austin

	Name:	 	John D. Austin
	Title:	 	CFO
	
	MICHAEL’S FINER MEATS HOLDINGS, LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ John D. Austin

	Name:	 	John D. Austin
	Title:	 	CFO

  
 Signature Page
to Consent and Reaffirmation to Amendment No. 3 to 
 Credit Agreement dated as of April 25, 2012 

The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. et al

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