EX-31.1

                   CHEFS INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

EXHIBIT 31.1

                               PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE
                         AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
                                  CERTIFICATION

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I, ANTHONY C. PAPALIA,  PRINCIPAL  EXECUTIVE AND PRINCIPAL  FINANCIAL OFFICER OF
CHEFS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (THE "COMPANY") DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT:

         (1)  I have  reviewed  this annual report on Form 10-KSB of the Company
for the fiscal year ended January 25, 2004;

         (2)  Based  on my  knowledge,  this annual  report does not contain any
untrue  statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact  necessary
in order 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;

         (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 Company as, of, and for, the period presented in this annual report;

         (4)  I am  responsible  for  establishing  and  maintaining  disclosure
controls and  procedures  (as defined in Exchange Act Rules  13a-15(e) and 15d -
14(c)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Company and I have:

              (a)  designed such  disclosure  controls and  procedures to ensure
                   that material information relating to the Company,  including
                   its consolidated subsidiaries,  is made known to me by others
                   within  those  entities,  particularly  during  the period in
                   which this annual report was being prepared;

              (b)  designed such internal controls over financial reporting,  or
                   caused such internal controls 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;

              (c)  evaluated  the  effectiveness  of  the  Company's  disclosure
                   controls and  procedures and presented in this annual 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

              (d)  disclosed in this annual  report any change in the  Company's
                   internal  controls  over  financial  reporting  that occurred
                   during the Company's  most recent fiscal year (ended  January
                   25,  2004) that has  materially  affected,  or is  reasonably
                   likely to materially  affect, the Company's internal controls
                   over financial reporting; and

         (5)  I have disclosed,  based on my most recent  evaluation of internal
controls over financial  reporting,  to the Company's auditors and the Company's
board of directors:

              (a)  all significant  deficiencies and material  weaknesses in the
                   design or  operation  of  internal  controls  over  financial
                   reporting,  which are reasonably  likely to adversely  affect
                   the  Company's  ability to  record,  process,  summarize  and
                   report financial information; and


              (b)  any fraud, whether or not material,  that involves management
                   or  other  employees  who  have  a  significant  role  in the
                   Company's internal control over financial; reporting.


DATED:   APRIL 22, 2004
                                                  /s/ Anthony C. Papalia
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                                                  Anthony C. Papalia
                                                  Principal Executive and
                                                  Principal Financial Officer
                                                  Chefs International, Inc.