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Exhibit 10.5

FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT LETTER

     This FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT LETTER (this “First Amendment”) is made and entered into as
of December 12, 2008, by and between Christopher Pappas (“Employee”) and Chefs’ Warehouse
Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “CW Holdings”), Dairyland USA
Corporation, a New York corporation (“Dairyland”), The Chefs’ Warehouse, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“TCW”), The Chefs’ Warehouse West Coast, LLC, as Delaware
limited liability company (“West Coast”), Bel Canto Foods, LLC, a New York limited
liability company (“Bel Canto”) and JPMorgan Chase & Co., a Delaware Corporation
(“JPMorgan” and collectively with CW Holdings, Dairyland, TCW, West Coast and Bel Canto,
the “Company”).

RECITALS 

     WHEREAS, the Company and Employee are parties to that certain Employment Letter, dated as of
[INSERT DATE OF ORIGINAL EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT] (the “Employment Agreement”).

     WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9 of the Employment Agreement, the Company and Employee wish to
amend the Employment Agreement by this First Amendment in order to comply with the requirements of
Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties
to this First Amendment hereby agree as follows:

     1. The first sentence of Section 5(c) of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended and
restated to read as follows:

“(c) If, during such time as (i) an Event of Noncompliance (as defined in CW
Holdings’ Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of July
1, 2005, as amended or otherwise modified from time to time (the “LLC
Agreement”)) shall have occurred and (ii) the Class A Directors are entitled to
cast five (5) votes with respect to each matter brought before the Board of
Directors for approval pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(i) of the LLC Agreement, your
employment is terminated by the Board of Directors (without consent of all the Class
B Directors (as defined in the LLC Agreement) other than you if you are a Class B
Director at such time), the Noncompete Period shall expire as of the date of such
termination; provided, that the Company in its sole discretion shall
have the option, by delivering written notice to you on or prior to that date of
such termination, to extend the Noncompete Period to either the first or second
anniversary of such date of termination, in exchange for aggregate payments to you
of $500,000 per annum, payable in substantially equal installments on the Company’s
regular salary payment dates and commencing on the regular salary payment date that
first follows your date of termination (the “Noncompete Payments”).”

 

 

     2. A new Section 12 is hereby added to the Employment Agreement to read as follows:

“12. Compliance with 409A. This Agreement is intended to comply with the
requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(“409A”). The Company shall undertake to administer, interpret and construe the
provisions of the Agreement in a manner that does not result in the imposition of
any additional tax, penalty or interest under 409A. Notwithstanding any provision in
the Agreement to the contrary, if upon Employee’s “separation from service” within
the meaning of 409A, Employee is then a “specified employee” (as defined in 409A),
then to the extent necessary to comply with 409A and avoid the imposition of taxes
under 409A, the Company shall defer payment of nonqualified deferred compensation
subject to 409A payable as a result of and within six (6) months following such
separation from service until the earlier of (i) the first business day of the
seventh month following Employee’s separation from service, or (ii) ten (10) days
after the Company receives notification of Employee’s death. Any such delayed
payments shall be paid without interest. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, any reimbursement of expenses or in-kind benefits provided pursuant to
this Agreement shall be subject to the following conditions: (1) the expenses
eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits in one taxable year shall not affect
the expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits in any other taxable
year; (2) the reimbursement of eligible expenses or in-kind benefits shall be made
promptly, subject to the Company’s applicable policies, but in no event later than
the end of the year after the year in which such expense was incurred; and (3) the
right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits shall not be subject to liquidation or
exchange for another benefit.”

     3. Ratification and Incorporation of Employment Agreement. Except as expressly amended
hereby, all the terms, conditions and provisions of the Employment Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect. This First Amendment shall form a part of the Employment Agreement for all
purposes.

     4. Governing Law. This First Amendment shall be governed by, and construed under, the
laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any rules, principles or provisions of
choice of law or conflict of laws.

     5. Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this First
Amendment should be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

     6. Counterparts. This First Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

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     7. Section Headings. Headings have been inserted in this First Amendment as a matter
of convenience for reference only and such section headings shall not be used in the interpretation
of any provision of this First Amendment.

[Signature Page Follows]

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Amendment to be duly executed
all as of the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	CHEFS’ WAREHOUSE HOLDINGS, LLC	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By: 

Name:

	 	/s/ Michael DeCata
 

Michael DeCata
	 	 	 	Dated: 12/10/08 
	Title:

	 	President	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	DAIRYLAND USA CORPORATION	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By: 

Name:

	 	/s/ Michael DeCata
 

	 	 	 	Dated: 12/10/08 
	Title:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	BEL CANTO FOODS, LLC	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By: 

Name:

	 	/s/ Michael DeCata
 

	 	 	 	Dated: 12/10/08 
	Title:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	THE CHEFS’ WAREHOUSE, LLC	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By: 

Name:

	 	/s/ Michael DeCata
 

	 	 	 	Dated: 12/10/08 
	Title:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	THE CHEFS’ WAREHOUSE WEST COAST, LLC	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By: 

Name:

	 	/s/ Michael DeCata
 

	 	 	 	Dated: 12/10/08 
	Title:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By: 

Name:

	 	/s/ Joseph M. Scharfenberger
 

Joseph M. Scharfenberger
	 	 	 	Dated: 12/15/08 
	Title:

	 	Managing Director	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Christopher Pappas	 	 	 	Dated: 12/10/08
	 	 	 	 	 
	CHRISTOPHER PAPPAS	 	 	 	 

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Exhibit 10.6

EXECUTION COPY

Chefs’ Warehouse Holdings, LLC

1300 Viele Avenue

Bronx, NY 10474

John Pappas

c/o Chefs’ Warehouse Holdings, LLC

1300 Viele Avenue

Bronx, NY 10474

     Re: Employment

Dear Mr. Pappas:

     The purpose of this letter is to formalize the salary and certain benefits that you are
entitled to receive from Chefs’ Warehouse Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
“CW Holdings”), Dairyland USA Corporation, a New York corporation (“Dairyland”),
The Chefs’ Warehouse West Coast, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“TCW”), The
Chefs’ Warehouse West Coast, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“West Coast”) and
Bel Canto Foods, LLC, a New York limited liability company (“Bel Canto” and collectively
with CW Holdings, Dairyland, TCW and West Coast, the “Company”), in connection with your
employment with the Company. Your execution of this letter (the “Agreement”) will represent
your acceptance of all of the terms set forth below.

          1. Nature of Agreement and Relationship: This Agreement does not represent an
employment contract for any specified term. Your employment relationship thus will remain
“at-will,” meaning that, subject to the terms hereof, either party to this Agreement may terminate
your employment at any time for any lawful reason; provided, that if the Company desires to
terminate your employment, a resolution by CW Holding’s board of directors (the “Board of
Directors”) is required. In return for the consideration set forth herein, however, you agree
to provide CW Holdings with 60 days’ notice of your resignation.

          2. Salary and Bonus: For the period beginning on the date hereof and continuing until
the termination of your employment with the Company (the “Employment Period”), your base
salary will be $1,000,000 per annum (the “Base Salary”). During the period beginning on the
date hereof and ending December 31, 2005, the Base Salary will be pro rated on an annualized basis.
You will be paid by the Company or its subsidiaries in regular installments in accordance with the
Company’s or such subsidiary’s general payroll policies and practices. In addition to the Base
Salary, you will be eligible for a bonus in accordance with the terms of CW Holding’s 2005 Senior
Executive Bonus Plan adopted as of July 1, 2005.

          3. Employee Benefits: During the Employment Period, the Company shall, or shall cause
its subsidiaries to, pay (or promptly reimburse you) for any and all documented, out-of-pocket
expenses reasonably incurred by you in the course of performing your duties and responsibilities as
an executive officer of CW Holdings which are consistent with CW Holding’s policies in effect from
time to time with respect to business expenses, subject to the Company’s

 

 

requirements with respect to reporting of such expenses. Additionally, during the Employment
Period, you will be reimbursed by the Company or its subsidiaries up to $1,800 per month for a
leased motor vehicle for your use in connection with your duties as an executive officer of CW
Holdings.

          4. Withholding. All amounts payable to you as compensation hereunder shall be subject
to all required and customary withholding by the Company or the applicable subsidiary of the
Company.

          5. Noncompete; Nonsolicitation.

     (a) You acknowledge that during the Employment Period, you shall become familiar with, and
during such time as you were an employee, officer or manager of Dairyland, TCW, Bel Canto and West
Coast, as applicable, you became familiar with, the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ trade secrets
and with other confidential information concerning the Company and its subsidiaries and therefore,
you agree that during the Employment Period and, except as set forth in Section 5(c), for a
period of two years thereafter (the “Noncompete Period”), you shall not engage in a
Competitive Activity.

     (b) For purposes of this Agreement, to engage in a “Competitive Activity” shall mean
to (i) directly or indirectly, own any interest in, manage, control, participate in, consult with,
render services for, operate or in any manner engage in any business in which the Company or its
subsidiaries engage, or, to your knowledge at the date of termination of the Employment Period,
have plans to engage (including, without limitation, if the Company or any of its subsidiaries, at
the date of termination of the Employment Period, is negotiating, or has entered into, an agreement
for an acquisition, joint venture or other transaction or the Board of Directors has approved, on
or prior to such date, any new line of business, new geographic area, pursuing any acquisition or
other similar action), anywhere in the world in which the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ products
are (or are expected to be, based on existing plans) directly or through third parties marketed or
sold at the date of termination of the Employment Period (provided that you shall not be prohibited
from owning up to 5% of the outstanding stock of a corporation which is publicly traded, so long as
you have no active participation in the business of such corporation), or (ii) induce or attempt to
induce any employee of the Company or its subsidiaries to leave the employ of the Company or its
subsidiaries, or in any way actively interfere with the relationship between the Company or its
subsidiaries and any employee thereof, or (iii) hire directly or through another entity any person
who was a senior executive, a full-time sales representative or, to your knowledge after due
inquiry, any other employee or sales representative of the Company or its subsidiaries at any time
during the Noncompete Period, within nine months following the date of termination of such person’s
employment with the Company or its subsidiaries, or (iv) induce or attempt to induce any customer,
supplier, licensee or other business relation of the Company or its subsidiaries to cease doing
business with the Company or its subsidiaries, or in any way interfere with the relationship
between the Company or its subsidiaries and any customer, supplier, licensee or other business
relation thereof (including, without limitation, by inducing or attempting to induce any such
person or entity to reduce the amount of business it does with the Company and its subsidiaries).

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     (c) If, during such time as (i) an Event of Noncompliance (as defined in CW Holding’s Amended
and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2005, as amended or
otherwise modified from time to time (the “LLC Agreement”)) shall have occurred and (ii)
the Class A Directors are entitled to cast five (5) votes with respect to each matter brought
before the Board of Directors for approval pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(i) of the LLC Agreement, your
employment is terminated by the Board of Directors (without the consent of all the Class B
Directors (as defined in the LLC Agreement) other than you if you are a Class B Director at such
time), the Noncompete Period shall expire as of the date of such termination; provided, that the
Company shall have the option, by delivering written notice to you on or prior to the date of such
termination, to extend the Noncompete Period to either the first or second anniversary of such date
of termination, in exchange for aggregate payments to you of $500,000 per annum, payable in equal
installments on the Company’s regular salary payment dates (the “Noncompete Payments”). If
the Company fails to make any required Noncompete Payment pursuant to this Section 5(c) and
fails to cure such nonpayment within 15 calendar days following receipt of written notice from you
of such failure to pay such Noncompete Payment, then the Noncompete Period shall immediately
expire, without the need for further action of any kind, at the end of such 15-day period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon any breach by you of this Section 5 or of Section
6 below, the Company’s obligation to make any further Noncompete Payments shall immediately
terminate, which termination shall not limit, restrict or otherwise affect your continuing
obligations under such Sections.

     (d) If, during such time as (i) an Event of Noncompliance shall have occurred and (ii) the
Class A Directors are entitled to cast five (5) votes with respect to each matter brought before
the Board of Directors for approval pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(i) of the LLC Agreement, CW Holdings
either (1) makes a Distribution (as defined in the LLC Agreement) in respect of the Class B Units
(as defined in the LLC Agreement), but in violation of the LLC Agreement fails to make a
Distribution in respect of the Class B Units held by you or (2) in violation of the LLC Agreement,
fails to make a Distribution in respect of all of the Class B Units (provided, that it is
acknowledged and agreed that with respect to a Tax Distribution (as defined in the LLC Agreement),
this clause (2) shall apply only if CW Holdings makes a Tax Distribution in respect of the Class A
Units and, in violation of the LLC Agreement, fails to make a Tax Distribution in respect of the
Class B Units), then (unless CW Holdings is entitled to offset the amount it has failed to
distribute against amounts owed by you to the Company or its subsidiaries) if CW Holdings fails to
cure such violation within 15 calendar days following receipt of written notice from you of such
violation the Noncompete Period shall immediately expire, without the need for further action of
any kind, at the end of such 15-day period.

     (e) You hereby acknowledge that the enforcement of the provisions of this Section 5
may potentially interfere with your ability to pursue a proper livelihood. You recognize and agree
that the enforcement of this Agreement is necessary to ensure the preservation, protection and
continuity of the business, trade secrets and goodwill of the Company and its subsidiaries. You
agree that, due to the proprietary nature of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ business, the
restrictions set forth in this Agreement are reasonable as to time and scope. You hereby
acknowledge that you have been advised to consult with an attorney before executing this Agreement
and that you have done so or, after careful reading and consideration, you have chosen not to do so
of your own volition.

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          6. Confidential Information.

     (a) Obligation to Maintain Confidentiality. You acknowledge that the continued success
of the Company and its subsidiaries depends upon the use and protection of a large body of
confidential and proprietary information, including confidential and proprietary information now
existing or to be developed in the future. “Confidential Information” will be defined as
all information of any sort (whether merely remembered or embodied in a tangible or intangible
form) that is (i) related to the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ prior, current or potential
business and (ii) not generally or publicly known. Confidential Information includes, without
specific limitation, the information, observations and data of the Company and its subsidiaries
including, without limitation, designs, drawings, photographs and reports; flow charts, manuals,
documentation and databases; inventions, devices, new developments, methods and processes, whether
patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice; all technology and trade
secrets; information concerning acquisition opportunities in or reasonably related to the Company’s
or its subsidiaries’ business or industry of which you are aware or become aware during the
Employment Period, the persons or entities that are current, former or prospective suppliers or
customers of any one or more of them during the Employment Period; development, transition and
transformation plans, methodologies and methods of doing business, strategic, marketing and
expansion plans, including plans regarding planned and potential sales, financial and business
plans, employee lists and telephone numbers, locations of sales representatives, new and existing
programs and services, prices and terms, customer service, integration processes, requirements and
costs of providing service, support and equipment; and all similar and related information in
whatever form. Therefore, you agree that you shall not disclose or use for your own account any of
such Confidential Information, except as reasonably necessary for the performance of your duties as
an employee of the Company and its subsidiaries, without prior written consent of the Board of
Directors, unless and to the extent that any Confidential Information (i) becomes generally known
to and available for use by the public other than as a result of your improper acts or omissions to
act or (ii) is required to be disclosed pursuant to any applicable law, regulatory action or court
order; provided, however, that you must give the Company prompt written notice of any such legal
requirement, disclose no more information than is so required, and cooperate fully with all efforts
by the Company (at the Company’s sole expense) to obtain a protective order or similar
confidentiality treatment for such information. Upon the termination of the Employment Period, you
agree to deliver to the Company, upon request, all memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports and
other documents (and copies thereof) relating to the business of the Company or its subsidiaries
(including, without limitation, all Confidential Information) that you may then possess or have
under your control, other than such documents as are generally or publicly known; provided,
that such documents are not known as a result of your breach or actions in violation of this
Agreement.

     (b) Ownership of Intellectual Property. If you create, invent, design, develop,
contribute to or improve any works of authorship, inventions, materials, documents or other work
product or other intellectual property, either alone or in conjunction with third parties, at any
time during the Employment Period (“Works”), to the extent that such Works were created,
invented, designed, developed, contributed to, or improved with the use of any Company resources
and/or within the scope of such employment (collectively, the “Company Works”), you shall
promptly and fully disclose such Company Works to the Company. Any copyrightable work falling
within the definition of Company Works shall be deemed a “work made for hire” as

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such term is defined in 17 U.S.C. § 101. You hereby (i) irrevocably assign, transfer and
convey, to the extent permitted by applicable law, all right, title and interest in and to the
Company Works on a worldwide basis (including, without limitation, rights under patent, copyright,
trademark, trade secret, unfair competition and related laws) to the Company or such other entity
as the Company shall designate, to the extent ownership of any such rights does not automatically
vest in the Company under applicable law and (ii) waive any moral rights therein to the fullest
extent permitted under applicable law. You agree that you will not use any Company Works for your
personal benefit, the benefit of a competitor, or for the benefit of any person or entity other
than the Company or its subsidiaries. You agree to execute any further documents and take any
further reasonable actions requested by the Company to assist it in validating, effectuating,
maintaining, protecting, enforcing, perfecting, recording, patenting or registering any of its
rights hereunder, all at the Company’s sole expense. Upon termination of the Employment Period, you
shall deliver to the Company all originals and all duplicates and copies of all documents, records,
notebooks, and similar repositories of or containing Confidential Information then in your
possession, whether prepared by you or not; and at any time thereafter, if any such materials are
brought to your attention or you discover them in your possession, you shall deliver such materials
to the Company immediately upon such notice or discovery.

     (c) Third Party Information. You understand that the Company and its subsidiaries will
receive from third parties confidential or proprietary information (“Third Party
Information”) subject to a duty on the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ part to maintain the
confidentiality of such information and to use it only for certain limited purposes. During the
Employment Period and at all times thereafter, and without in any way limiting the provisions of
Section 5(a), you will hold information which you know, or reasonably should know, to be
Third Party Information in the strictest confidence and will not disclose to anyone (other than
personnel of the Company or its subsidiaries who need to know such information in connection with
their work for the Company or such subsidiaries) or use, except in connection with your work for
the Company or its subsidiaries, Third Party Information unless expressly authorized in writing by
the Board of Directors or the information (i) becomes generally known to and available for use by
the public other than as a result of your improper acts or omissions or (ii) is required to be
disclosed pursuant to any applicable law, regulatory action or court order.

     (d) Use of Information of Prior Employers. During the Employment Period, you shall not
use or disclose any Confidential Information including trade secrets, if any, of any former
employers or any other person to whom you have an obligation of confidentiality, and shall not
bring onto the premises of the Company or its subsidiaries any unpublished documents or any
property belonging to any former employer or any other person to whom you have an obligation of
confidentiality unless consented to in writing by the former employer or person. You shall use in
the performance of your duties only information that is (i) generally known and used by persons
with training and experience comparable to yours and that is (x) common knowledge in the industry
or (y) is otherwise legally in the public domain, (ii) otherwise provided or developed by the
Company or its subsidiaries or (iii) in the case of materials, property or information belonging to
any former employer or other person to whom you have an obligation of confidentiality, approved for
such use in writing by such former employer or person.

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     (e) Disparaging Statements. During the Employment Period and at all times thereafter,
you shall not disparage the Company or its subsidiaries or any of their respective investors,
officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives, or any of such entities’ products or
services; provided, that the foregoing shall not prohibit you from making any general competitive
statements or communications about the Company or its subsidiaries or their businesses in the
ordinary course of competition after the Noncompete Period has expired. The Company agrees that (i)
it shall not issue any public statements disparaging you and (ii) it shall ensure that the senior
executive officers of the Company or its subsidiaries shall not disparage you. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, nothing in this Section 6(e) shall prevent you or the Company and its
subsidiaries from enforcing your or their rights under this Agreement or any other agreement to
which you and the Company (or any of its subsidiaries) are party, or otherwise limit such
enforcement.

          7. Enforcement. If, at the time of enforcement of Section 5 or 6, a
court holds that the restrictions stated herein are unreasonable under circumstances then existing,
the parties hereto agree that the maximum period, scope or geographical area reasonable under such
circumstances shall be substituted for the stated period, scope or area, and the covenants should
be interpreted and enforced to the maximum extent which such court deems reasonable. The parties
hereto agree that money damages would not be an adequate remedy for any breach of this Agreement by
you or any breach of Section 6(e) by the Company, and any breach of the terms of
Section 5 or 6 by you or Section 6(e) by the Company would result in
irreparable injury and damage to the other party for which such party would have no adequate remedy
at law. Therefore, in the event of a breach or threatened breach of this Agreement by you or of
Section 6(e) by the Company, the Company or its successors or assigns or you, as
applicable, in addition to other rights and remedies existing in their or your favor, shall be
entitled to specific performance and/or immediate injunctive or other equitable relief from a court
of competent jurisdiction in order to enforce, or prevent any violations of, the provisions hereof
(in the case of a breach by you) or Section 6(e) (in the case of a breach by the Company)
(without posting a bond or other security), without having to prove damages, and to the payment by
the breaching party of all of the other party’s costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’
fees and costs, in addition to any other remedies to which the other party may be entitled at law
or in equity. In addition, in the event of an alleged breach or violation by you of Section
5 or 6, the Noncompete Period shall be tolled until such breach or violation has been
duly cured. The terms of this Section shall not prevent either party from pursuing any other
available remedies for any breach or threatened breach hereof, including but not limited to the
recovery of damages from the other party.

          8. Entire Agreement. This Agreement (and the LLC Agreement) constitutes your entire
agreement with the Company relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes in its entirety
any and all prior agreements, understandings or arrangements. For the avoidance of doubt, the
covenants contained herein are separate and apart from any covenants not to compete or solicit set
forth in any non-competition and non-solicitation agreement between you and the Company (or its
subsidiaries).

          9. Amendment. This provisions of this Agreement may be amended or waived only with the
prior written consent of CW Holdings, you and the Majority Class A Holders (as defined in the LLC
Agreement).

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          10. Governing Law. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement and the exhibits and schedules hereto shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving
effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of New
York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction
other than the State of New York.

          11. Waiver of Jury Trial. AS A SPECIFICALLY BARGAINED FOR INDUCEMENT FOR EACH OF THE
PARTIES HERETO TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT (AFTER HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL),
EACH PARTY HERETO EXPRESSLY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LAWSUIT OR PROCEEDING RELATING
TO OR ARISING IN ANY WAY FROM THIS AGREEMENT OR THE MATTERS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. The losing party
in any lawsuit or proceeding relating to or arising in any way from this Agreement or the matters
contemplated hereby shall pay the reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of the prevailing party in
such lawsuit or proceeding.

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	Sincerely:	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	CHEFS’ WAREHOUSE HOLDINGS, LLC	 	 	 	Dated:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By: 

Name:

	 	/s/ Dean Facatselis
 

Dean Facatselis
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Title:

	 	Chief Financial Officer	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	DAIRYLAND USA CORPORATION	 	 	 	Dated:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By: 

Name:

	 	/s/ Dean Facatselis
 

Dean Facatselis
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Title:

	 	Vice President	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	BEL CANTO FOODS, LLC	 	 	 	Dated:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	Dairyland USA Corporation, its sole manager	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By: 

Name:

	 	/s/ Dean Facatselis
 

Dean Facatselis
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Title:

	 	Vice President	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	THE CHEFS’ WAREHOUSE, LLC	 	 	 	Dated:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	Chefs’ Warehouse Holdings, LLC, its sole manager	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By: 

Name:

	 	/s/ Dean Facatselis
 

Dean Facatselis
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Title:

	 	Chief Financial Officer	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	THE CHEFS’ WAREHOUSE WEST COAST, LLC	 	 	 	Dated:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By: 

Name:

	 	/s/ Dean Facatselis
 

Dean Facatselis
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Title:

	 	Vice President	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ John Pappas	 	 	 	Dated:	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	John Pappas	 	 	 	 	 	 

Signature Page to Executive Agreement

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