Unable to import pychef 0.3.0 on Python 2.7.13

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Running on MacOS 10.10.5

Installed pychef via pip

Python 2.7.13:

$ python
Python 2.7.13 (default, Dec 18 2016, 07:03:34)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 7.0.2 (clang-700.1.81)] on darwin
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>>> import chef
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chef/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>
    from chef.api import ChefAPI, autoconfigure
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chef/api.py", line 11, in <module>
    import pkg_resources
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 74, in <module>
    __import__('pkg_resources.extern.packaging.requirements')
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/extern/__init__.py", line 61, in load_module
    "distribution.".format(**locals())
ImportError: The 'packaging.requirements' package is required; normally this is bundled with this package so if you get this warning, consult the packager of your distribution.