The Bonchon Chicken restaurant began in 2002 in Busan, South Korea.

[3] It later spread to California, New York, Connecticut, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Texas, Delaware and Washington state.

[4][5][6] The Korean fried chicken franchise currently operates in 21 states in the U.S. and 8 countries internationally.

Jinduk Seo is the founder of Bonchon Chicken and Bryan Shin is currently the CEO.

[8] In 2023, Thai artist Vachirawit Chivaaree was announced as the first brand ambassador of Bonchon.