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- Last Thursday, Wild Wing founder and CEO Rick Smiciklas did everything from wiping down tables to making drinks on Undercover Boss Canada. Disguised as ‘Angelo’ from Chicago, Ill., Smiciklas wore a wig and jeans that didn’t fit and had his teeth moulded to appear sharp, pointy and yellow.
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Jan 16, 2013 · Smiciklas wound up going undercover as "Angelo," a rough-around-the-edges guy from Chicago inspired by one of his real-life friends. He sported a bad wig, schlumpy jeans and transformed his pearly whites into a mangled yellow smile. He headed out to Wild Wing locations in Ottawa and Oshawa, and did everything from wiping down tables to mixing ...
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Wild Wing founder and CEO Rick Smiciklas reflects on his Undercover experience and the employees he worked with.
Jan 10, 2013 · Rick Smiciklas, the colourful Franchisor of Wild Wing Restaurants, is set to become the latest executive to go undercover on W Network as an entry level employee, to discover the truth and...
Dec 9, 2011 · Rick Smiciklas, founder and CEO of Wild Wing, one of Canada's largest chicken wing chains, goes incognito to work undercover in his own restaurants posing as a new employee
Jan 16, 2013 · BARRIE - The crew of Undercover Boss Canada hit the Wild Wing in South Barrie recently. Wild Wing CEO Rick Smiciklas was working undercover at the local restaurant. The Wild Wing episode airs Thursday Jan. 17 at 9 p.m. on W Network.
