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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-12-036889
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120701
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120703
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120703

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AUSTIN JOHN D
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001207884

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35249
		FILM NUMBER:		12944816

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
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    <periodOfReport>2012-07-01</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001517175</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CHEF</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001207884</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>AUSTIN JOHN D</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>100 EAST RIDGE ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>RIDGEFIELD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>06877</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Financial Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>6413</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </nonDerivativeHolding>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">In connection with his resignation from the board of directors of The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc., this reporting person forfeited 1,802 shares of restricted common stock, which were granted on May 17, 2012 pursuant to The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. 2011 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit 24 (the power of attorney) is filed as an exhibit to the Form 3.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Alexandros Aldous, Attorney-in-Fact for John D. Austin</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-07-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<PRE>
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
Alexandros Aldous, 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 3rd day of July, 2012.

/s/ John D. Austin
          Signature

John D. Austin
        Print Name
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