Just in time for Hispanic Heritage Month, Chef Jose Garces and Ballard Brands announced the successful awarding of the first five Buena Onda franchise licenses to its newest franchisees, business partners Zong Chen and Alexis Chen. Chef Jose Garces serves as Chief Culinary Officer of Ideation Hospitality & Garces Group, a restaurant group with multiple concepts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, in partnership with Ballard Brands, which also owns franchise concepts, PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans and WOW American Eats.