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Independent Director · Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF)

Chair, Audit Committee

Lester Owens director compensation at Chefs' Warehouse (FY2025): $217K

Fiscal year 2025 director compensation for Lester Owens at Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Director compensation as of the proxy filed March 25, 2026 (DEF 14A). Open the filing on EDGAR.

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What they were paid

Chefs' Warehouse Director Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Chefs' Warehouse reports it. Most recent year first. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
Fiscal yearCash feesStock awardsOption awardsOtherTotal
FY2025$82,500$134,993—$0$217,493
FY2024$65,824$156,095—$0$221,919
FY2023—————

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. Open the filing on EDGAR.

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.

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$217,493 Lester Owens, FY2025 total director compensation

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Data as of March 25, 2026 · Source: Velarion Executive Compensation Database, deposited on Zenodo (doi:10.5281/zenodo.22283855).

How this board is paid

company policy · FY2025

Chefs' Warehouse pays directors a $45,000 cash retainer and $135,000 in RSUs.

Committees

FY2025 · as the proxy prints them

Audit (Chair)

The rest of the Chefs' Warehouse board

FY2025 · as the company reported each
DirectorRoleFY2025 total
Aylwin LewisIndependent Director$232,685
Christopher PappasChair of the Board$0
Debra Walton-RuskinIndependent Director$202,493
Ivy BrownIndependent Director$209,512
John PappasDirector$0
Richard PeretzIndependent Director$197,926
Steven F. GoldstoneIndependent Director$202,493
Wendy WeinsteinIndependent Director$192,253

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