What training is required for the General Manager of a Bonchon franchise?
Bonchon Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
tify us, and you must designate a successor or acting Operating Principal within 10 days from the occurrence of such event.
If an individual, you must either serve as or designate a General Manager. If you are an individual, we recommend that you personally serve as your own General Manager. If you are an entity, then your Operating Principal may serve as your General Manager or you may designate a General Manager. If your Operating Principal will have on-premises management responsibility over the Restaurant's daily operations on a full-time basis, then we will consider your Operating Principal to be the General Manager. The General Manager, who will have full-time day-to-day management responsibility for your Bonchon Business and Restaurant, will exercise on-premises supervision and personally participate in the direct operation of the Business and Restaurant. You must inform us in writing of your General Manager and any replacement General Manager in advance. We must approve your General Manager(s) before you appoint them. Your General Manager(s) must attend and successfully complete the Initial Training Program. In addition to your General Manager, you must employ a second full-time manager to serve as your assistant or kitchen manager (the "Manager"). Your Manager will also have day-to-day management responsibility for your Bonchon Business and Restaurant, and will exercise on-premises supervision and personally participate in the direct operation of the Business and Restaurant. The Manager must attend and successfully complete the Initial Training Program.
If you are entering into a franchise agreement for the operation of your third Bonchon Business, then you must designate an "Area Manager" to us in writing prior to opening your (or your affiliates', collectively with you) third Bonchon Business. The Area Manager will oversee the operations of each Bonchon Restaurant that you and/or your affiliates own and operate. The Area Manager must be certified to manage multi-unit operations. Your Area Manager must also have first attended, received and hold a current Bonchon approved nationally accredited food manager certification from the National Restaurant Association in addition to any safe food handling courses required by the local municipality in which the subject Restaurant is located.
Source: Item 15 — OBLIGATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTUAL OPERATION OF THE FRANCHISE BUSINESS (FDD pages 69–71)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bonchon's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the General Manager, who is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Bonchon restaurant, must attend and successfully complete the Initial Training Program. If the General Manager is a replacement, they must obtain a Bonchon-approved nationally accredited food manager certification from the National Restaurant Association and attend and successfully complete the next scheduled Initial Training Program.
If the franchisee is an individual, they may serve as their own General Manager, which Bonchon recommends. If the franchisee is a business entity, the Operating Principal may serve as the General Manager, provided they have on-premises management responsibility over the Restaurant's daily operations on a full-time basis. Bonchon must approve the General Manager before their appointment, and the franchisee must inform Bonchon in writing of the General Manager and any replacements in advance.
In addition to the General Manager, a second full-time manager, known as the "Manager," must also be employed to serve as an assistant or kitchen manager. This Manager also has day-to-day management responsibilities and must attend and successfully complete the Initial Training Program. At all times during operation, there must be at least two certified and fully trained individuals at the Bonchon Restaurant.