Related Parties	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Parties	Related Parties The Company previously leased two warehouse facilities from related parties. These facilities are 100% owned by entities controlled by Christopher Pappas, the Company’s chairman, president and chief executive officer, John Pappas, the Company’s vice chairman and one of its directors, and Dean Facatselis, a former non-employee director of the Company and the brother-in-law of Messrs. Pappas, and are deemed to be affiliates of these individuals. Expense related to these facilities totaled $133 and $216, respectively, during the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2017 and March 25, 2016. One of the facilities is a distribution facility leased by Chefs’ Warehouse Mid-Atlantic, LLC for which the Company recently extended the lease expiration date to September 30, 2019. The other facility is a distribution facility which one of the Company’s subsidiaries, Dairyland, sublet from TCW Leasing Co., LLC (“TCW”), an entity controlled by the Company’s founders. The Company exited this facility on February 29, 2016 and is no longer required to pay rent. Each of Christopher Pappas, CEO, John Pappas, Vice Chairman and Dean Facatselis owns 8.33% of a New York City-based restaurant customer of the Company and its subsidiaries that purchased approximately $31 and $26, respectively, of products from the Company during the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2017 and March 25, 2016. Messrs. Pappas and Facatselis have no other interest in the restaurant other than these equity interests and are not involved in the day-to-day operation or management of this restaurant. The Company paid $38 and $231 to Architexture Studios, Inc. for interior decorating and design including the purchase of furniture and leasehold improvements primarily for its Las Vegas, San Francisco and Chicago facilities during the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2017 and March 25, 2016, respectively. This entity is owned by Julie Hardridge, the sister-in-law of Christopher Pappas. The Company purchases products from ConAgra Foods, Inc. of which Steve Goldstone, a Director of the Company, is the Chairman. Mr. Goldstone became a director of the Company on March 7, 2016. The Company purchased approximately $202 and $36 worth of products from ConAgra Foods, Inc. during the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2017 and March 25, 2016, respectively. With the acquisition of Del Monte, the Company acquired two warehouse facility leases that the Company leases from certain prior owners of Del Monte. Two of the owners are current employees, one of whom, John DeBenedetti, serves on the Company’s board of directors. The first property is located in American Canyon, CA and is owned by TJ Management Co. LLC, an entity owned 50% by John DeBenedetti. The Company paid rent on this facility totaling $53 and $52, respectively, for the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2017 and March 25, 2016. The second property is located in West Sacramento, CA and is owned by David DeBenedetti and Victoria DeBenedetti, the parents of John DeBenedetti. The Company paid rent on this facility totaling $56 and $56, respectively, for the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2017 and March 25, 2016. John DeBenedetti and Victoria DeBenedetti are employees of a subsidiary of the Company. John DeBenedetti, indirectly through TJ Investments, LLC, own a 8.33% ownership interest in Old World Provisions, which supplies products to the Company following the Del Monte acquisition. The Company purchased approximately $186 and $148, respectively, of products during the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2017 and March 25, 2016. Mr. J. DeBenedetti is not involved in the day-to-day management of Old World Provisions. John Pappas’s brother-in-law, Constantine Papataros, is one of the Company’s employees. The Company paid him approximately $49 and $57 in total compensation, respectively, for the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2017 and March 25, 2016. Christopher Pappas’s brother, John Pappas, is one of the Company’s employees and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. The Company paid John Pappas approximately $304 and $264 in total compensation, respectively for the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2017 and March 25, 2016. John Pappas did not receive any compensation during the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2017 or March 25, 2016 for his service on the Company’s Board of Directors. Tara Brennan, the domestic partner of John DeBennedetti, is an employee of the Company and was paid approximately $48 and $45, respectively, for the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2017 and March 25, 2016. An entity owned 50% by John Couri, a director of the Company, and of which Messrs. C. Pappas and S. Hanson (also directors of the Company) previously held ownership interests owns an interest in an aircraft that the Company uses for business purposes in the course of its operations. Mr. Couri paid for his ownership interest in the aircraft himself and bears his share of all operating, personnel and maintenance costs associated with the operation of this aircraft. This related party relationship ended during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016. The Company paid $36 during the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2017 for use of such aircraft in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016.

Related Parties

The Company previously leased two warehouse facilities from related parties. These facilities are 100% owned by entities controlled by Christopher Pappas, the Company’s chairman, president and chief executive officer, John Pappas, the Company’s vice chairman and one of its directors, and Dean Facatselis, a former non-employee director of the Company and the brother-in-law of Messrs. Pappas, and are deemed to be affiliates of these individuals. Expense related to these facilities totaled $133 and $216, respectively, during the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2017 and March 25, 2016. One of the facilities is a distribution facility leased by Chefs’ Warehouse Mid-Atlantic, LLC for which the Company recently extended the lease expiration date to September 30, 2019. The other facility is a distribution facility which one of the Company’s subsidiaries, Dairyland, sublet from TCW Leasing Co., LLC (“TCW”), an entity controlled by the Company’s founders. The Company exited this facility on February 29, 2016 and is no longer required to pay rent.

Each of Christopher Pappas, CEO, John Pappas, Vice Chairman and Dean Facatselis owns 8.33% of a New York City-based restaurant customer of the Company and its subsidiaries that purchased approximately $31 and $26, respectively, of products from the Company during the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2017 and March 25, 2016. Messrs. Pappas and Facatselis have no other interest in the restaurant other than these equity interests and are not involved in the day-to-day operation or management of this restaurant.

The Company paid $38 and $231 to Architexture Studios, Inc. for interior decorating and design including the purchase of furniture and leasehold improvements primarily for its Las Vegas, San Francisco and Chicago facilities during the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2017 and March 25, 2016, respectively. This entity is owned by Julie Hardridge, the sister-in-law of Christopher Pappas.

The Company purchases products from ConAgra Foods, Inc. of which Steve Goldstone, a Director of the Company, is the Chairman. Mr. Goldstone became a director of the Company on March 7, 2016. The Company purchased approximately $202 and $36 worth of products from ConAgra Foods, Inc. during the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2017 and March 25, 2016, respectively.

With the acquisition of Del Monte, the Company acquired two warehouse facility leases that the Company leases from certain prior owners of Del Monte. Two of the owners are current employees, one of whom, John DeBenedetti, serves on the Company’s board of directors. The first property is located in American Canyon, CA and is owned by TJ Management Co. LLC, an entity owned 50% by John DeBenedetti. The Company paid rent on this facility totaling $53 and $52, respectively, for the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2017 and March 25, 2016. The second property is located in West Sacramento, CA and is owned by David DeBenedetti and Victoria DeBenedetti, the parents of John DeBenedetti. The Company paid rent on this facility totaling $56 and $56, respectively, for the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2017 and March 25, 2016. John DeBenedetti and Victoria DeBenedetti are employees of a subsidiary of the Company.

John DeBenedetti, indirectly through TJ Investments, LLC, own a 8.33% ownership interest in Old World Provisions, which supplies products to the Company following the Del Monte acquisition. The Company purchased approximately $186 and $148, respectively, of products during the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2017 and March 25, 2016. Mr. J. DeBenedetti is not involved in the day-to-day management of Old World Provisions.

John Pappas’s brother-in-law, Constantine Papataros, is one of the Company’s employees. The Company paid him approximately $49 and $57 in total compensation, respectively, for the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2017 and March 25, 2016. Christopher Pappas’s brother, John Pappas, is one of the Company’s employees and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. The Company paid John Pappas approximately $304 and $264 in total compensation, respectively for the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2017 and March 25, 2016. John Pappas did not receive any compensation during the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2017 or March 25, 2016 for his service on the Company’s Board of Directors. Tara Brennan, the domestic partner of John DeBennedetti, is an employee of the Company and was paid approximately $48 and $45, respectively, for the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2017 and March 25, 2016.

An entity owned 50% by John Couri, a director of the Company, and of which Messrs. C. Pappas and S. Hanson (also directors of the Company) previously held ownership interests owns an interest in an aircraft that the Company uses for business purposes in the course of its operations. Mr. Couri paid for his ownership interest in the aircraft himself and bears his share of all operating, personnel and maintenance costs associated with the operation of this aircraft. This related party relationship ended during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016. The Company paid $36 during the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2017 for use of such aircraft in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016.