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Fiscal year 2025

Christopher Pappas — FY2025 total compensation $21,961,898

Christopher Pappas is Chief Executive Officer of Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF). The company reported total compensation of $21,961,898 for fiscal year 2025.

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Fiscal year 2025 compensation

Salary$1,200,302
Bonus$0
Stock awards$17,084,933
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive plan$3,536,143
Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation$0
All other compensation$140,520
Total$21,961,898

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed, without adjustment.

Cited to the compensation disclosure Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. filed March 25, 2026, accession 0001517175-26-000012.

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Peer context

Peer-group chief executive median$13,944,831
Difference from that median$8,017,068
Percentile within the disclosed peer group99th
Peers with a disclosed figure4

Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. discloses in its own compensation disclosure.

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The other named executive officers of Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.

Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Christopher Pappas this pageChief Executive Officer$21,961,898
John PappasVice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer$8,495,385
James LeddyChief Financial Officer$4,280,277
Alexandros AldousGeneral Counsel$4,103,028
Christina PolychroniChief Human Resources Officer$3,568,524

The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2025, and what it reported for each. See the full Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. compensation brief.

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The company page

Christopher Pappas's compensation sits inside Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.'s full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF) compensation brief