Exhibit 31.01



CHANTICLEER HOLDINGS, INC. FORM 10-Q FOR
THE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION
1350 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF
2002



I, Michael D. Pruitt, certify that:



| | 1. | I have reviewed this Report on Form
                                                           10-Q of Chanticleer Holdings, Inc. (the registrant);
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| | 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;
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| | 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 registrant as of, and for, the
                                                           periods presented in this report;
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| | 4. | The registrant’s other certifying
                                                           officer 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)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined
                                                           in Exchange Act Rules 13a-a15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the registrant and
                                                           have:
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| | a. | designed such disclosure controls
                                                               and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures
                                                               to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information
                                                               relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries,
                                                               is made known to me by others within those entities, particularly
                                                               during the period in which this report is being prepared;
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| | b. | designed such internal control
                                                               over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over
                                                               financial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to provide
                                                               reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
                                                               and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes
                                                               in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
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| | c. | evaluated the effectiveness of
                                                               the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented
                                                               in this report my 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
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| | d. | disclosed in this report any change
                                                               in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting
                                                               that occurred during the registrant’s current fiscal quarter
                                                               (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
                                                               annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
                                                               to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over
                                                               financial reporting; and;
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| | 5. | I have disclosed, based on my most
                                                               recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
                                                               to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's
                                                               board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions);
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| | a. | All significant deficiencies and
                                                               material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls
                                                               which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's
                                                               ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information;
                                                               and
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| | b. | Any fraud, whether or not material,
                                                               that involves management or other employees who have a significant
                                                               role in the registrant's internal controls.
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|December 21, 2012 | /s/ Michael D. Pruitt  
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|                  | Michael D. Pruitt      
|                  | Chief Executive Officer