Operations and Basis of Presentation (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended								6 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2011	Jun. 29, 2012	Dec. 30, 2011	Aug. 02, 2011	Jul. 27, 2011 Class B [Member]	Jul. 27, 2011 Conversion [Member]	Aug. 02, 2011 I P O [Member]	Jul. 27, 2011 Restricted Stock [Member] Class C [Member]	Jun. 29, 2012 Chefs' Warehouse Parent, LLC [Member]	Jun. 29, 2012 The Chefs' Warehouse Mid-Atlantic, LLC [Member]	Jun. 29, 2012 The Chefs' Warehouse West Coast, LLC [Member]	Jun. 29, 2012 The Chefs' Warehouse of Florida, LLC [Member]
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Restricted shares of common stock issued								445,056
Common stock number of shares received per unit of membership interest					0.2942
Common stock, shares issued		20,904,061	20,840,590			16,000,000	4,666,667
Ownership interest in other operating companies									100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Operations and Basis of Presentation (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of shares sold to existing stockholders				5,683,333
Shares sold to the underwriters to cover over-allotments				1,350,000
Net proceeds from the offering	$ 63,279