General Counsel · Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF)

Alexandros Aldous

A named executive officer of Chefs' Warehouse in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$4,103,028

FY2024: $1,572,313

4th of 5 named executive officers at Chefs' Warehouse by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 25, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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Alexandros Aldous compensation by year

Chefs' Warehouse Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Chefs' Warehouse reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$319,712$325,000$366,663$365,615$402,393$375,960$436,356$436,205$478,989$513,045
Bonus$30,469$20,000$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$196,899$243,759$262,493$572,233$743,714$1,451,038$637,571$654,320$724,326$3,202,702
Option awards$81,486$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$91,406$215,000$187,688$132,484$148,706$297,412$327,154$245,365$359,869$377,863
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$5,745$5,916$6,872$7,073$10,013$8,132$5,745$14,221$9,128$9,418
Total$725,717$809,675$823,716$1,077,405$1,304,826$2,132,542$1,406,826$1,350,111$1,572,313$4,103,028

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. DEF 14A filed March 25, 2026, accession 0001517175-26-000012, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. filed document, accession 0001517175-26-000012. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 25, 2026.

$726K
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$2.1M
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$4.1M
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FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU41,625$2,644,436—
PSU20,886$1,326,888—
RSU18,601$1,181,722—
PSU13,281$843,742—
RSU10,314$655,248—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

7 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 25, 2026)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-08-14Sale—8,364$112.1654,906
2026-08-14Sale—300$106.9334,442
2026-08-14Sale—6,172$113.1963,270
2026-08-14Sale—9,514$110.9345,392
2026-08-14Sale—3,380$110.1642,012
2026-08-14Sale—4,213$108.7837,799
2026-08-14Sale—3,057$107.6534,742

The 7 most recent of 7 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Chefs' Warehouse discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Change in control and resignation for good reason$1,795,378$7,169,255—$8,964,633
Involuntary termination without cause$823,226——$823,226
Disability$0$7,169,255—$7,169,255
Death$0$7,169,255—$7,169,255
Change in control, no termination$0$7,169,255—$7,169,255

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Chefs' Warehouse’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Christopher PappasChief Executive Officer$21,961,898
John PappasVice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer$8,495,385
James LeddyChief Financial Officer$4,280,277
Alexandros Aldous · this pageGeneral Counsel$4,103,028
Christina PolychroniChief Human Resources Officer$3,568,524

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