Operations and Basis of Presentation	12 Months Ended
Operations and Basis of Presentation	Dec. 26, 2025
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Operations and Basis of Presentation	Operations and Basis of Presentation Description of Business and Basis of Presentation The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc., and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (the “Company”), is a distributor of specialty food and center-of-the-plate products in the United States, the Middle East and Canada. The Company is focused on serving the specific needs of chefs who own and/or operate restaurants, country clubs, hotels, caterers, culinary schools, bakeries, patisseries, chocolateries, cruise lines, casinos and specialty food stores. The Company’s quarterly periods end on the thirteenth Friday of each quarter. Every six to seven years, the Company will add a fourteenth week to its fourth quarter to more closely align its year end to the calendar year. The consolidated financial statements for each of the fiscal years presented contain 52 weeks. Consolidation The consolidated financial statements include all the accounts of the Company and its direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements in Fiscal 2025 Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures: In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance designed to improve the transparency and usefulness of income tax disclosures. The amendments include provisions to address the consistency of the income tax rate reconciliation and a requirement to disaggregate income taxes paid by jurisdiction. The Company adopted the guidance, which is limited to financial statement disclosures, effective December 26, 2025 on a retrospective basis and has provided the required annual disclosures in Note 12, Income Taxes. Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted in Fiscal 2025 Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software: In September 2025, the FASB issued guidance amending the requirements for capitalizing software costs to when both the following conditions are met: (1) the funding of the project has the appropriate authorization and (2) it is probable that the project will be completed and the software will be used to perform the intended function. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027, and interim periods within that fiscal year, and may be applied on a prospective, modified prospective or retrospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. The Company expects to adopt this guidance when effective and is evaluating the impact of adoption on its consolidated financial statements. Measurements of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets: In July 2025, the FASB issued guidance to provide a practical expedient related to the estimation of expected credit losses for current accounts receivable and current contract assets to assume that current conditions as of the balance sheet date will persist through a reasonable and supportable forecast period. The Company adopted the guidance in its fiscal year 2026. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Induced Conversions of Convertible Debt Instruments: In November 2024, the FASB issued guidance which clarifies the requirements for determining whether certain settlements of convertible debt instruments should be accounted for as an induced conversion. The Company adopted the guidance in its fiscal year 2026. The impact of this guidance is dependent on future induced conversions, if any, of the Company’s convertible debt instruments. Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses: In November 2024, the FASB issued guidance to require disclosure in the notes to the financial statements of certain categories of expenses that are included on the face of the income statement, including purchases of inventory, employee compensation and depreciation and amortization, as well as additional disclosure about selling expenses. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027 on a prospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. The Company expects to adopt this guidance when effective and is evaluating the impact of adoption on its consolidated financial statements, which is limited to financial statement disclosures. Use of Estimates The preparation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires it to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Estimates are used in determining, among other items, the allowance for credit losses, inventory valuation adjustments, self-insurance reserves for group medical insurance, workers’ compensation insurance and automobile liability insurance, future cash flows associated with impairment testing for intangible assets (including goodwill) and long-lived assets, useful lives for intangible assets, stock-based compensation, contingent earn-out liabilities and income tax reserves. Actual results could differ from estimates.