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**EXHIBIT 31.1

                                  CERTIFICATION**

I, Jeffrey R. Nieder, certify that:

     1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-QSB of Centennial Specialty Foods
Corporation;

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

     3. Based on my knowledge,  the financial  statements,  and other  financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition,  results of operations and cash flows of the small business
issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

     4. The  small  business  issuer's  other  certifying  officer(s)  and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining  disclosure controls and procedures
(as  defined  in  Exchange  Act Rules  13a-15(e)  and  15d-15(e))  for the small
business issuer and have:

     (a)  Designed  such  disclosure  controls  and  procedures,  or caused such
     disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
     ensure that material  information  relating to the small  business  issuer,
     including  its  consolidated  subsidiaries,  is made  known to us by others
     within those entities,  particularly during the period in which this report
     is being prepared;

     (b) Omitted

     (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business  issuer's  disclosure
     controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions  about
     the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,  as of the end
     of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

     (d)  Disclosed  in this  report any change in the small  business  issuer's
     internal  control over financial  reporting that occurred  during the small
     business  issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the small business  issuer's
     fourth fiscal  quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially
     affected,  or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business
     issuer's internal control over financial reporting; and

     5. The small  business  issuer's  other  certifying  officer(s)  and I have
disclosed,  based  on our  most  recent  evaluation  of  internal  control  over
financial  reporting,  to the small  business  issuer's  auditors  and the audit
committee  of the  small  business  issuer's  board  of  directors  (or  persons
performing the equivalent functions):

     (a) All  significant  deficiencies  in the design or  operation of internal
     control over financial  reporting which are reasonably  likely to adversely
     affect the small business  issuer's ability to record,  process,  summarize
     and report financial information and have identified for the small business
     issuer's auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and

     (b) Any fraud,  whether or not material,  that involves management or other
     employees  who  have a  significant  role in the  small  business  issuer's
     internal controls over financial reporting.

Date: May 17, 2004                  /s/ JEFFREY R. NIEDER
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                                    Jeffrey R. Nieder
                                    Title: Chief Executive Officer
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