Chefs' Warehouse: Pay

Chefs' Warehouse paid its 5 named executives $42.4M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO Christopher Pappas was paid $22.0M of that.

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY20 → $243
CEO pay is from each proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Pay of each named executive

Christopher PappasChief Executive Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
John PappasVice Chairman
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
James LeddyChief Financial Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Alexandros AldousGeneral Counsel
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Christina PolychroniChief Human Resources Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
2 years

CEO pay against the pay peers

In FY2025 (Dec), the median CEO pay of the 7 peers with pay on file was $6.2M. The CEO of Chefs' Warehouse was paid $22.0M, 255% above the median.

  1. 1Chefs' Warehouse
  2. 2Sprouts Farmers Market
  3. 3Reynolds Consumer Products
  4. 4Pool
  5. 5SiteOne Landscape Supply
  6. 6Werner Enterprises
  7. 7Andersons
  8. 8Cal-Maine Foods
  9. 91-800-FLOWERS.COM, IncNot disclosed
  10. 10B&G Foods, Inc.Not disclosed
  11. 11BlueLinx Holdings Inc.Not disclosed
  12. 12Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.Not disclosed
  13. 13GMS Inc.Not disclosed
  14. 14Hub GroupNot disclosed
  15. 15J&J Snack Foods Corp.Not disclosed
  16. 16Lancaster Colony CorporationNot disclosed
  17. 17SpartanNash CompanyNot disclosed
  18. 18The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.Not disclosed
  19. 19TreeHouse Foods, Inc.Not disclosed

Pay of each named executive comes from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy statement. Realized pay adds the value of options used and stock that vested. CEO pay of each peer comes from its own Pay versus Performance table.