Chief Financial Officer · Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF)

James Leddy

A named executive officer of Chefs' Warehouse in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2017 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

$4,280,277

FY2024: $1,682,034

3rd 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).

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James Leddy compensation by year

Chefs' Warehouse Summary Compensation Table · all 9 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Chefs' Warehouse reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$89,451$397,665$391,731$431,136$420,790$467,585$467,362$513,198$549,689
Bonus$100$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$88,109$281,255$613,134$796,798$1,554,734$683,090$701,063$776,069$3,318,369
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$45,478$201,094$141,947$159,328$318,656$350,522$262,891$385,573$404,852
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$686$5,402$5,413$18,055$28,580$6,968$7,087$7,193$7,367
Total$223,824$885,416$1,152,225$1,405,317$2,322,760$1,508,165$1,438,404$1,682,034$4,280,277

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.

$224K
$885K
$1.2M
$1.4M
$2.3M
$1.5M
$1.4M
$1.7M
$4.3M
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU41,625$2,644,436—
PSU22,378$1,421,674—
RSU19,930$1,266,153—
PSU14,231$904,095—
RSU11,051$702,070—

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.

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Chefs' Warehouse discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause$877,205——$877,205
Change in control, no termination—$7,492,411—$7,492,411
Disability—$7,492,411—$7,492,411
Death$0$7,492,411—$7,492,411
Change in control and resignation for good reason$1,917,900$7,492,411—$9,410,311

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 Leddy · this pageChief Financial Officer$4,280,277
Alexandros AldousGeneral Counsel$4,103,028
Christina PolychroniChief Human Resources Officer$3,568,524

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