Walk On’s restaurants will be showcased on national television with the season premiere of Undercover Boss on CBS tonight. Co-Founder Brandon Landry and investor Drew Brees will be disguised to work with the staff at some of the locations throughout the chain. Landry says the CBS makeup team had a big challenge cloaking Brees.
“Drew went under for about 3.5 hours to get prosthetics and makeup. He walked down Poydras Street in the middle of the afternoon and people would walk right by him like he was a normal person. Drew does not get that,” said Landry.
The episode was filmed last June. Landry says Brees was only available for one day of production at the location near the Superdome, but Brees got plenty of work done that day.
“He followed a gentleman in there and washed dishes and bussed tables all night. We filmed til 2 or 3 in the morning,” said Landry.
Landry says they are holding watch parties at all 33 locations with food and drink specials, as well as giveaways.
“Drew signed a ball for each one of the restaurants and we’re going to pick a winner. I think we’ve got free beignets and things like that,” said Landry.
The episode airs tonight at 7.
