---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001517175-21-000017"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHEF"
cik: "0001517175"
company_name: "Chefs' Warehouse, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-10-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T17:26:29.459299+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chefs' Warehouse Q3 net sales up 90.7% to $484.3M; GAAP EPS $0.09 vs $(0.31)

## Summary
- Net sales $484.3M, up 90.7% YoY; organic sales growth 84.2%.
- GAAP net income $3.5M ($0.09 diluted EPS) vs net loss $11.4M ($(0.31)) in prior year.
- Adjusted EBITDA $23.4M vs negative $(4.9M); adjusted EPS $0.12 vs $(0.38).
- Gross profit $110.0M, up 82.2%; gross margin down 105 bps to 22.7%.
- Company not providing FY2021 guidance due to uncertainty in pace of recovery.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001517175-21-000017
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHEF
- cik: 0001517175
- company_name: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717521000017/0001517175-21-000017-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717521000017/chef-20211027.htm

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