MAD MUTZ SELECTED FOR ABC’s “SHARK TANK”
Atlantic City based mozzarella sticks to be featured on ABC’s hit show, April 18th.
April 7, 2025 - (Atlantic City, New Jersey) - "Shark Tank," the multi-Emmy® Award-winning business-themed entrepreneurship series will feature MAD MUTZ MOZZARELLA STICKS on an upcoming episode, airing on ABC network at 8pm EST on April 18th, 2025. Mad Mutz is co-owned by Margate, New Jersey residents and close friends, Mike Hauke and Michael Burns.
The recipient of the five Emmy Awards for Outstanding Structured Reality Program, “Shark Tank” features The Sharks – tough, self-made, multimillionaire and billionaire tycoons – as they invest in America’s best businesses and products. The Sharks will give people from all walks of life the chance to chase the American Dream and potentially secure business deals that could make them millionaires.
According to Mike Hauke, the creative culinary genius behind MAD MUTZ MOZZARELLA STICKS and three successful Tony Boloney’s restaurants in Atlantic City, Hoboken and Jersey City, “As crazy as it sounds, I invented flavored FRESH mozzarella more than ten years ago. Since then, I created a proprietary recipe for MAD MUTZ MOZZARELLA STICKS that maintains their integrity when cooked in a deep fryer or air fryer at home. After gradually integrating them into my own restaurant menus, I knew that these freshly made & uniquely flavored mozzarella sticks weren’t like anything else on the market today. I wanted a partner that could not only see my vision but help expand our reach on a national scale, and reached out to my good friend and fellow serial entrepreneur Michael Burns.”
“When I first tasted MAD MUTZ, I knew Mike had something special on his hands and I wanted to help take this company to the next level,” said Burns. “The exposure from being featured on ABC’s “Shark Tank” would provide us with both the opportunity to partner with an investor with proven success and also the opportunity to get millions of eyes on our brand. This was the chance of a lifetime!”
“We have the ability to produce 60,000 mozzarella sticks a day from our AC laboratory and we are quickly approaching that number with distribution through several supermarkets, regional food distributors and direct-to-consumer shipping.
Many local retailers and restaurants throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Colorado already carry MAD MUTZ and the demand is growing by the day,” said Hauke. We are ready to take this global and we already have plans to expand our production capabilities. There are a lot of exciting developments in the pipeline, stay tuned!”
ABOUT MAD MUTZ: How are MAD MUTZ MOZZARELLA different from "other" Mozzarella Sticks? They are made from scratch with locally sourced milk, a higher volume of cheese with less bread crumbs than the standard mozzarella sticks and they’re made FRESH right here in Atlantic City with no preservatives. MAD MUTZ offers superior quality and flavor profiles that are wild like Nonna (traditional Italian), Truffler (black & white Urbani truffles), Gaucho (Chimichurri), Hottie (flamin’ hot cracker crumbs), Ole Smokey (smoked), Popper - (cream cheese mozzarella with jalapeno pretzel crust) Cacio Pepe (pecorino and black pepper crust) and Unicorn (rainbow colored with glittery crust). Plus, vegan and gluten free options as well. Go to MadMutz.com for details. Instagram: @madmutz FB: Mad Mutz