Related Parties	9 Months Ended
Sep. 28, 2018
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Parties	Related Parties The Chefs’ Warehouse Mid-Atlantic, LLC, a subsidiary of the Company, leases a distribution facility that is 100% owned by entities controlled by Christopher Pappas, the Company’s chairman, president and chief executive officer, and John Pappas, the Company’s vice chairman and one of its directors, and are deemed to be affiliates of these individuals. Expense related to this facility totaled $134 during the thirteen weeks ended September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017, and $400 during the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017. This lease expires on September 30, 2019. The Company purchases products from ConAgra Foods, Inc. of which Steve Goldstone, a Director of the Company, was a member of the board of directors through September 20, 2018. The Company purchased approximately $176 and $191 worth of products from ConAgra Foods, Inc. during the thirteen weeks ended September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017, respectively, and $662 and $545 during the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017, respectively. John DeBenedetti is a prior owner of Del Monte and served on the Company’s board of directors through April 20, 2018 at which point he ceased to be a related party. Mr. J. DeBenedetti, indirectly through TJ Investments, LLC, owned an 8.33% ownership interest in Old World Provisions, which supplies products to the Company since the Del Monte acquisition. The Company purchased approximately $474 of products during the sixteen weeks ended April 20, 2018, and $208 and $636 of products during the thirteen weeks ended September 29, 2017 and thirty-nine weeks ended September 29, 2017, respectively. Mr. J. DeBenedetti was not involved in the day-to-day management of Old World Provisions. 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 $113 and $99 in total compensation for the thirteen weeks ended September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017, respectively, and $643 and $494 during the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017, respectively. John Pappas did not receive any compensation during the thirty-nine ended September 28, 2018 or September 29, 2017 for his service on the Company’s Board of Directors. John Pappas’s brother-in-law, Constantine Papataros, is one of the Company’s employees. The Company paid him approximately $49 and $48 in total compensation for the thirteen weeks ended September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017, respectively, and $134 and $140 during the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017, respectively.

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The Chefs’ Warehouse Mid-Atlantic, LLC, a subsidiary of the Company, leases a distribution facility that is 100% owned by entities controlled by Christopher Pappas, the Company’s chairman, president and chief executive officer, and John Pappas, the Company’s vice chairman and one of its directors, and are deemed to be affiliates of these individuals. Expense related to this facility totaled $134 during the thirteen weeks ended September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017, and $400 during the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017. This lease expires on September 30, 2019.

The Company purchases products from ConAgra Foods, Inc. of which Steve Goldstone, a Director of the Company, was a member of the board of directors through September 20, 2018. The Company purchased approximately $176 and $191 worth of products from ConAgra Foods, Inc. during the thirteen weeks ended September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017, respectively, and $662 and $545 during the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017, respectively.

John DeBenedetti is a prior owner of Del Monte and served on the Company’s board of directors through April 20, 2018 at which point he ceased to be a related party. Mr. J. DeBenedetti, indirectly through TJ Investments, LLC, owned an 8.33% ownership interest in Old World Provisions, which supplies products to the Company since the Del Monte acquisition. The Company purchased approximately $474 of products during the sixteen weeks ended April 20, 2018, and $208 and $636 of products during the thirteen weeks ended September 29, 2017 and thirty-nine weeks ended September 29, 2017, respectively. Mr. J. DeBenedetti was not involved in the day-to-day management of Old World Provisions.

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 $113 and $99 in total compensation for the thirteen weeks ended September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017, respectively, and $643 and $494 during the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017, respectively. John Pappas did not receive any compensation during the thirty-nine ended September 28, 2018 or September 29, 2017 for his service on the Company’s Board of Directors.

John Pappas’s brother-in-law, Constantine Papataros, is one of the Company’s employees. The Company paid him approximately $49 and $48 in total compensation for the thirteen weeks ended September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017, respectively, and $134 and $140 during the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017, respectively.