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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on August 11, 2022</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 333-</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>THE CHEFS&rsquo; WAREHOUSE, INC.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 51%; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Delaware<BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>20-3031526<BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>100 East Ridge Road,</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Ridgefield, CT 06877<BR>
    (203) 894-1345<BR>
    (Address of principal executive offices)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>The Chefs&rsquo; Warehouse, Inc. Employee Stock
Purchase Plan<BR>
(Full title of the plan)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Alexandros Aldous</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>General Counsel and Corporate Secretary</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>The Chefs&rsquo; Warehouse, Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>100 East Ridge Road</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(203) 894-1345<BR>
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Copies to:</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Gillian Emmett Moldowan, Esq.<BR>
Shearman &amp; Sterling LLP<BR>
599 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022<BR>
(212) 848-5356</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer,
an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo;
&ldquo;accelerated filer&rdquo; and &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Segoe UI Symbol,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9746;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 45%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Accelerated Filer</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Segoe UI Symbol,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Smaller reporting company</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Segoe UI Symbol,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Emerging growth company</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Segoe UI Symbol,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Segoe UI Symbol,sans-serif">&#9744;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Part I</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The information required by Item 1 and Item 2 of Part
I of Form S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;<U>Securities
Act</U>&rdquo;), and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be
delivered to the participants in the Plan covered by this Registration Statement as required by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Part II</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>Item 3.</B>&#9;<B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The following documents filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New&#10;          Roman,serif"><U>Commission</U></FONT>&rdquo;) are
incorporated as of their respective dates in this Registration Statement by reference:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 18.65pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18pt">a.</TD><TD>the Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717523000004/0001517175-23-000004-index.htm">Form 10-K</A> for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2022, filed February 28, 2023;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 18.65pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18pt">b.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">the Registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending March 31, 2023, filed <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717523000010/0001517175-23-000010-index.htm">May 10, 2023</A>, and for the quarter ending June 30, 2023, filed <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717523000014/0001517175-23-000014-index.htm">August 2, 2023</A>;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 18.65pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18pt">c.</TD><TD>the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000094787123000588/0000947871-23-000588-index.htm">May 16, 2023</A> and <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000094787123000741/0000947871-23-000741-index.htm">July 11, 2023</A>; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 18.65pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18pt">d.</TD><TD>the description of the Registrant&rsquo;s common stock set forth in Exhibit 4 of the Registrant&rsquo;s Annual report on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717520000004/descriptionofsecurities.htm">Form 10-K</A>
for the fiscal year ended December 27, 2019, filed February 24, 2020.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">All other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &ldquo;<U>Exchange
Act</U>&rdquo;) </FONT>prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as
so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in"><B>Item 4.</B></TD><TD><B>Description of Securities.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Not applicable.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in"><B>Item 5.</B></TD><TD><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Not applicable.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in"><B>Item 6.</B></TD><TD><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Section 145(a) of the Delaware General Corporation
Law (the &ldquo;<U>DGCL</U>&rdquo;) provides, in general, that a corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is
a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, because the person is or was a director or
officer of the corporation. Such indemnity may be against expenses, including attorneys&rsquo; fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if the person acted in
good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and if, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, the person did not have reasonable cause to believe the person&rsquo;s conduct was unlawful.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Section 145(b) of the DGCL provides, in general, that
a corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor because the person is or
was a director or officer of the corporation, against any expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees) actually and reasonably incurred
by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the
person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made
in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only
to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that,
despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled
to be indemnified for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Section 145(g) of the DGCL provides, in general, that
a corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the
corporation against any liability asserted against the person in any such capacity, or arising out of the person&rsquo;s status as such,
whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify the person against such liability under the provisions of the law.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Section 102 of the DGCL permits the limitation of
directors&rsquo; personal liability and certain officers&rsquo; personal liability to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duties as a director except for (i)&nbsp;any breach of the director&rsquo;s or officer&rsquo;s duty of
loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of the law, (iii) breaches by a director under section 174 of the DGCL, which relates to unlawful payments of dividends
or unlawful stock repurchase or redemptions, (iv) any transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit
and (v) any action by or in the right of the corporation for officers only.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Registrant under the foregoing provisions,
the Registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The Registrant&rsquo;s certificate of incorporation
provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, a director will not be liable to us or our stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. In addition, the Registrant&rsquo;s bylaws provide that the Registrant will indemnify
each director and officer and may indemnify employees and agents, as determined by the Registrant&rsquo;s board of directors, to the fullest
extent provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The foregoing statements are subject to the detailed
provisions of Section 145 of the DGCL and provisions included in the Registrant&rsquo;s certificate of incorporation and bylaws.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The Registrant has entered into an indemnification
agreement with each of its executive officers and directors that provides, in general, that it will indemnify them to the fullest extent
permitted by law in connection with their service to the Registrantor on its behalf.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in"><B>Item 7.</B></TD><TD><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in"><B>Item 8.</B></TD><TD><B>Exhibits.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">See attached Exhibit list.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in"><B>Item 9.</B></TD><TD><B>Undertakings.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(1)</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(i)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(iii)</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement; </FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that paragraphs (i)
and (ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated
by reference in the registration statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(2)</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the offering.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that,
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to section
13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&rsquo;s annual report pursuant
to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
<I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The undersigned Registrant further undertakes that,
insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Exhibit Index</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 18%; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit No.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 82%; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Description of Document</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000095012311071581/g27802exv3w1.htm">3.1</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000095012311071581/g27802exv3w1.htm">Certificate of Incorporation of The Chefs&#8217; Warehouse, Inc., as amended to date (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant&#8217;s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 2, 2011).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000094787117000073/ss28933_ex0301.htm">3.2</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000094787117000073/ss28933_ex0301.htm">Bylaws of The Chefs&#8217; Warehouse, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant&#8217;s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 31, 2017).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000094787121000873/ss412173_ex0301.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">3.3</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000094787121000873/ss412173_ex0301.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Amended Bylaws of The Chefs&#8217; Warehouse, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
    3.1 to the Registrant's Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 4, 2021).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><A HREF="ss2359199_ex0501.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">5.1*</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><A HREF="ss2359199_ex0501.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Opinion of Shearman &amp; Sterling LLP regarding the validity of the securities being registered.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><A HREF="ss2359199_ex2301.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.1*</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><A HREF="ss2359199_ex2301.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of BDO USA, P.A., an Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><A HREF="ss2359199_ex0501.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.2*</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><A HREF="ss2359199_ex0501.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of Shearman &amp; Sterling LLP (included as part of the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><A HREF="#PowerofAttorney"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">24.1*</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><A HREF="#PowerofAttorney"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature pages to this Registration Statement).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><A HREF="ss2359199_ex9901.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">99.1*</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><A HREF="ss2359199_ex9901.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Chefs&rsquo; Warehouse, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><A HREF="ss2359199_ex0107.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">107*</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><A HREF="ss2359199_ex0107.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Filing fee table.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">* Filed herewith</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
in the City of Ridgefield, Connecticut on August 11, 2023.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 1pt; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>THE CHEFS&#8217; WAREHOUSE, INC.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 52%; padding: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 6%; padding: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; padding: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 8%; padding: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 1pt 1pt 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Alexandros Aldous</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 1pt 1pt 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 1pt 1pt 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name: </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 1pt 1pt 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Alexandros Aldous</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 1pt 1pt 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 1pt 1pt 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 1pt 1pt 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 1pt 1pt 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, Chief Government Relations Officer &amp; Chief Administrative Officer</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 1pt 1pt 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B><A NAME="PowerofAttorney"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Alexandros Aldous his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to sign any related registration statement that
is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all post-effective
amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his
or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 11th day of
August, 2023.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 0.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Christopher Pappas</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Christopher Pappas</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 0.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ James Leddy</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">James Leddy</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 0.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Timothy McCauley</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Timothy McCauley</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 0.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ John Pappas</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">John Pappas</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director, Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 0.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Ivy Brown</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Ivy Brown</FONT></TD>
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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 0.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Joseph Cugine</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Joseph Cugine</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 0.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Steven F. Goldstone</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Steven F. Goldstone</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 0.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Alan Guarino</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Alan Guarino</FONT></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 0.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Stephen Hanson</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Stephen Hanson</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Aylwin Lewis</FONT></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on August 11, 2022
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
___________
THE CHEFS' WAREHOUSE, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
20-3031526
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
100 East Ridge Road,
Ridgefield, CT 06877
(203) 894-1345
(Address of principal executive offices)
The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. Employee Stock
Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Alexandros Aldous
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
100 East Ridge Road
Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877
(203) 894-1345
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
___________
Copies to:
Gillian Emmett Moldowan, Esq.
Shearman & Sterling LLP
599 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022
(212) 848-5356
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer,
an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer,"
"accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
☒
Accelerated Filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
☐
Part I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information required by Item 1 and Item 2 of Part
I of Form S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
Securities
Act
"), and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be
delivered to the participants in the Plan covered by this Registration Statement as required by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.
Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "
Commission
") are
incorporated as of their respective dates in this Registration Statement by reference:
a.
the Registrant's Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2022, filed February 28, 2023;
b.
the Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending March 31, 2023, filed
May 10, 2023
, and for the quarter ending June 30, 2023, filed
August 2, 2023
;
c.
the Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed
May 16, 2023
and
July 11, 2023
; and
d.
the description of the Registrant's common stock set forth in Exhibit 4 of the Registrant's Annual report on
Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 27, 2019, filed February 24, 2020.
All other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "
Exchange
Act
")
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as
so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145(a) of the Delaware General Corporation
Law (the "
DGCL
") provides, in general, that a corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is
a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, because the person is or was a director or
officer of the corporation. Such indemnity may be against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if the person acted in
good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and if, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, the person did not have reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the DGCL provides, in general, that
a corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor because the person is or
was a director or officer of the corporation, against any expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred
by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the
person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made
in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only
to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that,
despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled
to be indemnified for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Section 145(g) of the DGCL provides, in general, that
a corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the
corporation against any liability asserted against the person in any such capacity, or arising out of the person's status as such,
whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify the person against such liability under the provisions of the law.
Section 102 of the DGCL permits the limitation of
directors' personal liability and certain officers' personal liability to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duties as a director except for (i) any breach of the director's or officer's duty of
loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of the law, (iii) breaches by a director under section 174 of the DGCL, which relates to unlawful payments of dividends
or unlawful stock repurchase or redemptions, (iv) any transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit
and (v) any action by or in the right of the corporation for officers only.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Registrant under the foregoing provisions,
the Registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
The Registrant's certificate of incorporation
provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, a director will not be liable to us or our stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. In addition, the Registrant's bylaws provide that the Registrant will indemnify
each director and officer and may indemnify employees and agents, as determined by the Registrant's board of directors, to the fullest
extent provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.
The foregoing statements are subject to the detailed
provisions of Section 145 of the DGCL and provisions included in the Registrant's certificate of incorporation and bylaws.
The Registrant has entered into an indemnification
agreement with each of its executive officers and directors that provides, in general, that it will indemnify them to the fullest extent
permitted by law in connection with their service to the Registrantor on its behalf.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
See attached Exhibit list.
Item 9.
Undertakings.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)       
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement; and
(iii)
To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (i)
and (ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated
by reference in the registration statement.
(2)
That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)       To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the offering.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that,
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to section
13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant
to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
The undersigned Registrant further undertakes that,
insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
Exhibit Index
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
Exhibit No.
Description of Document
3.1
Certificate of Incorporation of The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc., as amended to date (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 2, 2011).
3.2
Bylaws of The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 31, 2017).
3.3
Amended Bylaws of The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
    3.1 to the Registrant's Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 4, 2021).
5.1*
Opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP regarding the validity of the securities being registered.
23.1*
Consent of BDO USA, P.A., an Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2*
Consent of Shearman & Sterling LLP (included as part of the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature pages to this Registration Statement).
99.1*
The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
107*
Filing fee table.
* Filed herewith
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
in the City of Ridgefield, Connecticut on August 11, 2023.
THE CHEFS' WAREHOUSE, INC.
By:
/s/ Alexandros Aldous
Name:
Alexandros Aldous
Title:
General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, Chief Government Relations Officer & Chief Administrative Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Alexandros Aldous his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to sign any related registration statement that
is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all post-effective
amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his
or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 11th day of
August, 2023.
Signature
Title
/s/ Christopher Pappas
Christopher Pappas
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ James Leddy
James Leddy
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Timothy McCauley
Timothy McCauley
Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ John Pappas
John Pappas
Director, Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer
/s/ Ivy Brown
Ivy Brown
Director
/s/ Dominick C. Cerbone
Dominick C. Cerbone
Director
/s/ Joseph Cugine
Joseph Cugine
Director
/s/
Steven F. Goldstone
Steven F. Goldstone
Director
/s/ Alan Guarino
Alan Guarino
Director
/s/ Stephen Hanson
Stephen Hanson
Director
/s/ Aylwin Lewis
Aylwin Lewis
Director
/s/ Katherine Oliver
Katherine Oliver
Director