The Chefs' Warehouse To Announce Fourth Quarter And Fiscal Year 2012 Results On February 21, 2012

RIDGEFIELD, Conn., Feb. 14, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (Nasdaq:CHEF) today announced that the Company intends to release its financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 28, 2012 following the close of the stock market on Thursday, February 21, 2013 and host a conference call at 5:00 p.m. ET on February 21, 2013 to review those results.

The conference call will be webcast live from the Company's investor relations website at http://investors.chefswarehouse.com/. The call can also be accessed live over the phone by dialing [phone], or for international callers [phone]. A replay will be available one hour after the call and can be accessed by dialing [phone] or [phone] for international callers; the conference ID is 409399. That replay will be available until Thursday, February 28, 2013, and an online archive of the webcast will be available on the Company's investor relations website for 30 days.

About The Chefs' Warehouse

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. ( http://www.chefswarehouse.com ) is a premier distributor of specialty food products in the United States focused on serving the specific needs of chefs who own and/or operate some of the nation's leading menu-driven independent restaurants, fine dining establishments, country clubs, hotels, caterers, culinary schools and specialty food stores. The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. carries and distributes more than 16,300 products to more than 10,500 customer locations throughout the United States.

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