---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000947871-24-000252"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHEF"
cik: "0001517175"
company_name: "Chefs' Warehouse, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-03-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T04:41:45.855751+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chefs' Warehouse appoints three new directors; expands board from 11 to 14 under Legion Partners agreement

## Summary
- Lester Owens (former Wells Fargo EVP), Richard Peretz (former UPS CFO), and Wendy Weinstein (restaurant consultant) join board effective March 4, 2024.
- Board size increased from 11 to 14; appointees considered independent under NASDAQ rules.
- Owens appointed to Audit Committee, Peretz to Compensation and Human Capital Committee, Weinstein to Nominating and Governance Committee.
- Appointments made pursuant to an agreement with Legion Partners Asset Management and affiliates.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000947871-24-000252
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHEF
- cik: 0001517175
- company_name: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-03-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000094787124000252/0000947871-24-000252-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000094787124000252/ss3097790_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lester Owens was appointed as Director at Chefs' Warehouse, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 4, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Lester Owens, Richard N. Peretz and Wendy M. Weinstein as directors of the Company, effective as of March 4, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000094787124000252/0000947871-24-000252-index.htm
- Executive change
  Richard N. Peretz was appointed as Director at Chefs' Warehouse, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 4, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Lester Owens, Richard N. Peretz and Wendy M. Weinstein as directors of the Company, effective as of March 4, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000094787124000252/0000947871-24-000252-index.htm
- Executive change
  Wendy M. Weinstein was appointed as Director at Chefs' Warehouse, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 4, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Lester Owens, Richard N. Peretz and Wendy M. Weinstein as directors of the Company, effective as of March 4, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000094787124000252/0000947871-24-000252-index.htm

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