EXHIBIT 99.1

                           CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                            18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                 SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Annual Report of Volume Services America Holdings,
Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
I, Lawrence E. Honig, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. sec. 1350, as adopted pursuant to sec. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, that:

          (1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a)
     or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

          (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
     material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the
     Company.

                                          /s/ LAWRENCE E. HONIG
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                                          Lawrence E. Honig
                                          Chief Executive Officer
Date: March 20, 2003

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