**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION OFCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER**

 

I, Benjamin R. Jacobson,certify that:

 

1.               I have reviewed this quarterly report onForm 10-Q of Bertucci’s Corporation;

2.               Based on my knowledge, this report doesnot contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a materialfact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this report;

3.               Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this report, fairlypresent in all material respects the financial condition, results of operationsand cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in thisreport;

4.               The Registrant’s other certifyingofficer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosurecontrols and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) for the Registrant 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 theRegistrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us byothers within those entities, particularly during the period in which this  report 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 that has materiallyaffected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting; and

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

a.               all significant deficienciesand material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control overfinancial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect theRegistrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financialinformation; and

b.              any fraud, whether or notmaterial, that involves management or other employees who have a significantrole in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

Date: November 12, 2003

 
|   |   | 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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