**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION**

 

I, Benjamin R. Jacobson,certify that:

 

1.               Ihave reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Bertucci’sCorporation;

2.               Basedon my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement ofa material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make thestatements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements weremade, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterlyreport;

3.               Basedon my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects thefinancial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of,and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

4.               The Registrant’s othercertifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and have:

a.               designed such disclosurecontrols and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls to be designedunder our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to theCompany, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by otherswithin those entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterlyreport is being prepared;

b.              evaluated the effectivenessof the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in thisreport our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls andprocedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on suchevaluation; and

c.               disclosed in this report anychange in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting thatoccurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrant’sfourth fiscal quarter, in the case of an annual report) that has materiallyaffected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting; and

5.               The Registrant’s othercertifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation ofinternal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and theRegistrant’s board of directors:

a.               all significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internalcontrol over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adverselyaffect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and reportfinancial information; and

b.              any fraud, whetheror not material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 
| Date: August  14, 2003 |                                                                                                                          |                      |
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|                   | By:                                                                                                                           | /s/ Benjamin  R. Jacobson |   |
|                   | Benjamin R.  Jacobson  Chairman of the Board of Directors,  Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer  (Principal Executive Officer) |

 

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