---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001517175-22-000001"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHEF"
cik: "0001517175"
company_name: "Chefs' Warehouse, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-02-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T09:34:21.563249+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chefs' Warehouse Q4 net sales double to $558M; swings to profit, guides FY2022 $2.1-2.2B

## Summary
- Net sales $558.3M (+98.2% YoY); GAAP net income $8.4M ($0.22 diluted) vs loss of $37.1M a year ago.
- Adjusted EPS $0.26 vs -$0.52; Adjusted EBITDA $30.2M vs -$10.5M.
- Organic sales up 89.5%; case count +67.5%; specialty gross margins +637 bps; center-of-plate margins -291 bps.
- FY2022 guidance: net sales $2.1-2.2B, gross profit $494-517M, adjusted EBITDA $99-111M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001517175-22-000001
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHEF
- cik: 0001517175
- company_name: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-02-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717522000001/0001517175-22-000001-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717522000001/chef-20220209.htm

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