Christopher Pappas - 28 Feb 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF)

Role: President and CEO, Director
Signature: /s/ Alexandros Aldous, Attorney-in-Fact for Christopher Pappas
Issuer symbol: CHEF
Transactions as of: 28 Feb 2026
Net transactions value: -$4,339,970
Form type: 4
Filing time: 03 Mar 2026, 20:14:55 UTC
Previous filing: 26 Feb 2026
Next filing: 06 Mar 2026
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
Pappas Christopher	President and CEO, Director	100 EAST RIDGE ROAD, RIDGEFIELD	/s/ Alexandros Aldous, Attorney-in-Fact for Christopher Pappas	03 Mar 2026	0001525954

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	CHEF	Common Stock	Tax liability	$283,061	-3,965	-0.17%	$71.39	2,328,886	28 Feb 2026	Direct	F1
transaction	CHEF	Common Stock	Gift	$0	-60,392	-49%	$0.000000	62,639	02 Mar 2026	By GRATs	F2
transaction	CHEF	Common Stock	Options Exercise	$1,940,219	+95,908	+4%	$20.23	2,494,430	03 Mar 2026	Direct	F4
transaction	CHEF	Common Stock	Sale	$5,997,127	-95,908	-3.8%	$62.53	2,398,522	03 Mar 2026	Direct	F4, F5
holding	CHEF	Common Stock						2,398,522	28 Feb 2026	Direct	F3

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	CHEF	Price-Based Stock Options (Right to Buy)	Options Exercise	$0	-95,908	-100%	$0.000000	0	03 Mar 2026	Common Stock	95,908	$20.23	Direct

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Shares withheld upon the vesting of restricted common stock awarded to the Reporting Person pursuant to The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. Amended and Restated 2019 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan").
F2	On March 3, 2026, the Reporting Person's Grantor Retained Annuity Trust contributed 60,392 shares of the Issuer's common stock to a charitable trust. Neither the Reporting Person nor any member of the Reporting Person's family is a trustee of the trust, nor do they have control over the trust's investment decisions.
F3	Includes 69,636 shares of the Issuer's common stock which were previously owned indirectly. These shares were contributed to the Reporting Person by the Reporting Person's Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts.
F4	The Reporting Person undertook the exercise of the stock option and subsequent disposition solely due to the stock option otherwise expiring on March 7, 2026.
F5	Represents the weighted average price of the Common Stock sold on March 3, 2026, ranging from a low of $62.04 to a high of $64.50 per share. The Reporting Person undertakes, upon request by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Issuer or a security holder of the Issuer to provide full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price.