Champps Entertainment, Inc. Appoints New Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer

Rich Scanlan, a restaurant operations veteran, has returned toChampps as its newly appointed Chief Operating Officer. Scanlanreplaces Don Lamb who left the company last May. Scanlan previouslyworked for Champps as a Director of Operations from 1997 to 2000.Scanlan most recently served as one of the creators and the VicePresident of Operations for "Carmela's", the full service Italiandivision of Sbarro, Inc. In that capacity he reported directly toMichael O'Donnell, the then CEO of Sbarro. Prior to Carmela's, Scanlanserved as a Senior Director of Operations for the Hard Rock Cafe andalso spent approximately 14 years in various operating positions withTGI Friday's.

"I had the pleasure of working directly with Rich during my timeat Sbarro and have followed his career closely from Friday's toChampps to Hard Rock. Rich was a key contributor to the Champps' solidexecution and sales levels during his previous tenure with the companyand has demonstrated the leadership and operational excellence we needat Champps. He already knows the culture and can hit the groundrunning. I am very pleased to have Rich back on my team," said MichaelO'Donnell, Chief Executive Officer.

In addition, Dave Womack, the company's former Vice President ofFinance and Controller, replaces Fred Dreibholz as the company's ChiefFinancial Officer. Dreibholz left the company effective August 16,2005, to pursue other opportunities. Clint Woodruff has also beenpromoted from Assistant Controller to Vice President/Controller.

Womack has almost 20 years of restaurant industry experience inaccounting and financial management. He previously was Controller atChampps for over 2 years and also worked for almost 12 years at VICORPRestaurants, Inc., the parent of Village Inn and Bakers Square, invarious capacities including Vice President/Controller. Womack hasalso served in a variety of other restaurant financial, accounting andmanagerial roles including Chief Executive Officer and Chief FinancialOfficer at the Wynkoop Brewing Company, a private Denver-basedcompany.

"Dave has demonstrated great financial and leadership skills inthe several months we have worked together and he has been critical inimplementing our Sarbanes-Oxley initiatives. Our team is veryfortunate to have Dave's capabilities combined with his previousChampps' experience. These two key appointments will further thesuccessful implementation of our strategic initiatives as we focus onreturning Champps to operational excellence," said Michael O'Donnell,Chief Executive Officer.

Champps plans to announce fourth-quarter 2005 financial resultsafter the market closes on August 31, 2005 and to file its AnnualReport on Form 10-K on a timely basis.

Littleton, Colo.-based Champps Entertainment, Inc. owns andoperates 53 and franchises 12 Champps restaurants in 23 states.Champps, which competes in the upscale casual dining segment, offersan extensive menu consisting of freshly prepared food, coupled withexceptional service. Champps creates an exciting environment throughthe use of videos, music, sports and promotions.

Certain statements made in this press release are forward-lookingstatements based on management's current experience and expectations.These forward looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harborprovisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.Such statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that couldcause actual results to differ materially from those in theforward-looking statements. Among the factors that could cause futureresults to differ materially from those provided in this press releaseare: the ability of the Company to open and operate additionalrestaurants profitably, the ability of the Company to successfullyimplement our strategic initiatives to improve revenues andprofitability, the impact of intense competition in the casual diningrestaurant industry, the Company's ability to control restaurantoperating costs, which are impacted by commodity prices, minimum wageand other employment laws, fuel and energy costs, consumer perceptionsof food safety, changes in consumer tastes and trends, and generalbusiness and economic conditions. Information on significant potentialrisks and uncertainties that may also cause such differences include,but are not limited to, those mentioned by the Company from time totime in its filings with the SEC. The words "may," "believe,""estimate," "expect," "plan," "intend," "project," "anticipate,""should" and similar expressions and variations thereof identifycertain of such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of thedates on which they were made. The Company undertakes no obligation topublicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as aresult of new information, future events, or otherwise. Readers arecautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guaranteesof future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and,therefore, readers should not place undue reliance on theseforward-looking statements.