Related Parties	12 Months Ended
Dec. 29, 2017
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Parties	Related Parties The Company previously leased two warehouse facilities that 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 the above facilities was $533, $616 and $1,406 for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2017, December 30, 2016 and December 25, 2015, respectively. One of the facilities is a distribution facility leased by Chefs’ Warehouse Mid-Atlantic, LLC with a lease expiration date of 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, John Pappas and Dean Facatselis owns 8.33% of a New York City-based restaurant customer of the Company and its subsidiaries that purchased an aggregate of approximately $121, $109 and $117 of products from the Company during fiscal 2017, fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2015, respectively. Messrs. Pappas and Facatselis have no other interest in the restaurant other than these equal interests and are not involved in the day-to-day operation or management of this restaurant. The Company paid $137, $315 and $827 to Architexture Studios, Inc. for interior decorating and design including the purchase of furniture and leasehold improvements primarily for our Las Vegas, San Francisco and Chicago facilities during fiscal years 2017, 2016 and 2015, 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 $701 and $722 worth of products from ConAgra Foods, Inc. for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2017 and December 30, 2016. With the acquisition of Del Monte, the Company leased two warehouse facilities that the Company leases from certain prior owners of Del Monte. Two of the owners were current employees as of December 29, 2017, 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 $219, $210 and $156 during fiscal years 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. 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 $234, $225 and $167 during fiscal years 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. John DeBenedetti and Victoria DeBenedetti were employees of a subsidiary of the Company as of December 29, 2017. John DeBenedetti, indirectly through TJ Investments, LLC, owns an 8.33% ownership interest in Old World Provisions, which supplies products to the Company following the Del Monte acquisition. The Company purchased approximately $1,713, $1,269 and $963 of products from Old World Provisions during fiscal years 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. 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 $188, $194 and $169 in total compensation during fiscal 2017, fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2015, respectively. 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 $593, $597 and $882 in total compensation for fiscal 2017, fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2015, respectively. John Pappas did not receive any compensation in fiscal 2017, fiscal 2016 or fiscal 2015 for his service on the Company’s Board of Directors. Tara Brennan, the domestic partner of John DeBennedetti, was an employee of the Company as of December 29, 2017 and was paid approximately $180 and $184 in fiscal 2017 and 2016, respectively. 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 used 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. All payments were paid directly to an entity that manages the aircraft in which Mr. Couri has a de minimis indirect ownership interest. This related party relationship ended during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016. The Company made payments of $36 in fiscal 2017 for use of such aircraft in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016. The Company made payments of $21 and $182 in fiscal 2016 and 2015, respectively, for use of such aircraft.

Related Parties

The Company previously leased two warehouse facilities that 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 the above facilities was $533, $616 and $1,406 for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2017, December 30, 2016 and December 25, 2015, respectively. One of the facilities is a distribution facility leased by Chefs’ Warehouse Mid-Atlantic, LLC with a lease expiration date of 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, John Pappas and Dean Facatselis owns 8.33% of a New York City-based restaurant customer of the Company and its subsidiaries that purchased an aggregate of approximately $121, $109 and $117 of products from the Company during fiscal 2017, fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2015, respectively. Messrs. Pappas and Facatselis have no other interest in the restaurant other than these equal interests and are not involved in the day-to-day operation or management of this restaurant.

The Company paid $137, $315 and $827 to Architexture Studios, Inc. for interior decorating and design including the purchase of furniture and leasehold improvements primarily for our Las Vegas, San Francisco and Chicago facilities during fiscal years 2017, 2016 and 2015, 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 $701 and $722 worth of products from ConAgra Foods, Inc. for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2017 and December 30, 2016.

With the acquisition of Del Monte, the Company leased two warehouse facilities that the Company leases from certain prior owners of Del Monte. Two of the owners were current employees as of December 29, 2017, 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 $219, $210 and $156 during fiscal years 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. 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 $234, $225 and $167 during fiscal years 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. John DeBenedetti and Victoria DeBenedetti were employees of a subsidiary of the Company as of December 29, 2017.

John DeBenedetti, indirectly through TJ Investments, LLC, owns an 8.33% ownership interest in Old World Provisions, which supplies products to the Company following the Del Monte acquisition. The Company purchased approximately $1,713, $1,269 and $963 of products from Old World Provisions during fiscal years 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. 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 $188, $194 and $169 in total compensation during fiscal 2017, fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2015, respectively. 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 $593, $597 and $882 in total compensation for fiscal 2017, fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2015, respectively. John Pappas did not receive any compensation in fiscal 2017, fiscal 2016 or fiscal 2015 for his service on the Company’s Board of Directors. Tara Brennan, the domestic partner of John DeBennedetti, was an employee of the Company as of December 29, 2017 and was paid approximately $180 and $184 in fiscal 2017 and 2016, respectively.

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 used 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. All payments were paid directly to an entity that manages the aircraft in which Mr. Couri has a de minimis indirect ownership interest. This related party relationship ended during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016. The Company made payments of $36 in fiscal 2017 for use of such aircraft in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016. The Company made payments of $21 and $182 in fiscal 2016 and 2015, respectively, for use of such aircraft.