**Exhibit      31.1**

**CHANTICLEER      HOLDINGS, INC.**

**FORM      10-K FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007**

**CERTIFICATION      OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER**

**PURSUANT      TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE      SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

| 1. | I                  have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Chanticleer Holdings,                  Inc; |
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| 2. | Based                  on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue                  statements                  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                  annual report; |
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| 3. | Based                  on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial                  information                  included in this annual 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 annual                  report; |
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| 4. | I                  am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls                  and                  procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))                  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, is made known                  to me                  by others, particularly during the period in which this report                  is being                  prepared; |
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|   | b. | 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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|   | c. | disclosed                  in this report any change in the registrant’s internal controls over                  financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s current fiscal                  quarter 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, to the registrant's                  auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of directors                  (or                  persons performing the equivalent                  functions): |
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|   | a) | All                  significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal                  controls                  which could adversely affect the registrant's ability to record,                  process,                  summarize and report financial data and have identified for the                  registrant's auditor any material weaknesses in internal controls;                  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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| Date: July              1, 2008 |   |   | /s/ Michael              D. Pruitt                                           |
|                                 |   |   | President,                Chief Executive Officerand                Chief Financial Officer |
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