0001209191-15-033245.txt : 20150408 0001209191-15-033245.hdr.sgml : 20150408 20150408192357 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-15-033245 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150406 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150408 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150408 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517175 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-GROCERIES & GENERAL LINE [5141] IRS NUMBER: 203031526 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 EAST RIDGE ROAD CITY: RIDGEFIELD STATE: CT ZIP: 06877 BUSINESS PHONE: (203) 894-1345 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 EAST RIDGE ROAD CITY: RIDGEFIELD STATE: CT ZIP: 06877 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Chefs' Warehouse Holdings, LLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20110401 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DeBenedetti John CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001637713 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35249 FILM NUMBER: 15760112 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 EAST RIDGE ROAD CITY: RIDGEFIELD STATE: CT ZIP: 06877 3 1 doc3.xml FORM 3 SUBMISSION X0206 3 2015-04-06 1 0001517175 Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. CHEF 0001637713 DeBenedetti John 100 EAST RIDGE ROAD RIDGEFIELD CT 06877 0 1 0 0 EVP - Protein Exhibit 24 (the power of attorney) is filed as an exhibit to the Form 3. /s/ Alexandros Aldous, Attorney-in-Fact for John DeBenedetti 2015-04-08 EX-24 2 attachment1.htm EX-24 DOCUMENT
POWER OF ATTORNEY

       	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Alexandros Aldous and John D. Austin, signing singly, and with full
power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf,
and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID,
including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate
to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic
filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer and/or director of The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (the "Company"),
Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(3)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5,
complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such
form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

       	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

       	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

       	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 19th day of March, 2015.


		/s/ John DeBenedetti
			Signature

		John DeBenedetti
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