---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000947871-21-000842"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHEF"
cik: "0001517175"
company_name: "Chefs' Warehouse, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-07-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T00:21:09.790069+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chief HR Officer Patricia Lecouras to retire Sept 10, 2021

## Summary
- Patricia Lecouras, Chief Human Resources Officer, announced retirement effective September 10, 2021.
- She served over 14 years with the company; transition plan is in place.
- No successor named; company thanks her for dedicated service.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000947871-21-000842
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHEF
- cik: 0001517175
- company_name: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-07-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000094787121000842/0000947871-21-000842-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000094787121000842/ss403179_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947871-21-000842.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Patricia Lecouras departed as Chief Human Resources Officer at Chefs' Warehouse, Inc..
  - Action: announced retirement
  - Role: Chief Human Resources Officer
  source text: On July 27, 2021, Patricia Lecouras announced her retirement as Chief Human Resources Officer of The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (the “Company”) effective September 10, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000094787121000842/0000947871-21-000842-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.