We operate and grow a portfolio of Korean food businesses — bakery cafés in Virginia, premium Korean BBQ in Philadelphia, and Korea's most-loved coffee and chicken brands heading to new markets, from the US to Dubai.

A plated dish of BHC's crispy fried chicken with seasoning being sprinkled over it

Building Korea's
best restaurant brands.

A Korean BBQ spread: marinated short ribs grilling on a tabletop burner, surrounded by banchan, bibimbap, and kimchi

The portfolio

A BHC Chicken storefront: a brick-fronted counter with glass-block detailing and dining area, under illuminated bhc CHICKEN signage

BHC Chicken

Korea's No.1 fried chicken brand since 1997 — 2,230+ stores built on the signature Bburinkle cheese dry rub. BHC is now expanding across the United States, and K&E is part of that story.

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A Tous les Jours spread on a warm beige backdrop: a matcha latte, two iced coffees, cream-filled buns, and a glazed pastry on a white plate

Tous les Jours

K&E operates Tous les Jours bakery cafés in Virginia — the French-inspired Korean bakery baking fresh through the day: breads, pastries, cakes, and coffee. One of the world's largest bakery café franchises, with more than 1,750 stores worldwide.

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Night rendering of the second SALT Korean BBQ: a dark stone facade with a glowing brass arch entrance

SALT Korean BBQ

Open since 2022 in Greater Philadelphia, SALT pairs table-grilled USDA Prime beef with curated specialty salts. A second, ground-up flagship is on the way — dry-aged meats on display, a wine vault, private dining, and a stone-carved bar.

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A Mammoth Coffee Express storefront with its signature cream signage

Mammoth Cafe

Born in Hongdae, Seoul in 2012, Mammoth grew past 1,000 stores on a simple promise: quality coffee and desserts at a price you don't think twice about. Its first Dubai location is about to open, taking the brand beyond Korea.

Why now

K-food is having its global moment.

53.7%

of consumers worldwide now eat Korean food — up from 43.2% in 2018

2×

Korean restaurants in the US nearly doubled in five years — 528 to 1,106 locations

No.1

Korean fried chicken is the most-eaten and most-preferred Korean dish worldwide

45.9 kg

chicken is America's most-consumed protein, per person per year — and still growing

Market data: BHC Chicken / Dining Brands Group investor materials, 2026.

Partners & investors

Grow with K&E.

K&E is a multi-brand operating group: we run our own stores, develop new concepts, and bring proven Korean franchise systems to the US and beyond. We work with three kinds of partners.

Franchise partners

Operate a proven brand with real unit economics — backed by a group that runs its own stores and knows the playbook first-hand.

Real estate & developers

Concepts spanning a compact café to a full-building BBQ house — we can anchor food halls, pads, and street retail alike.

Investors

A diversified platform riding the K-food wave: franchise cash flow today, a premium flagship pipeline for tomorrow.