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Life Raft Treats will be featured on “Shark Tank”

The Charleston-based ice cream company will promote their famous “Not Fried Chicken.”

October 21, 2024 • 
Erika Ross
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Have you tried the “Not Fried Chicken?”

Photo by @andrewthomaslee

Get ready because Charleston-based ice cream company Life Raft Treats will be featured on “Shark Tank” this Friday, Oct. 25 at 8 p.m.

The company’s founder, six-time James Beard Foundation Award semifinalist for Outstanding Pastry Chef Cynthia Wong + her husband John David Harmon, will pitch the company to investors of the reality television show which is in its 16th season.

Life Raft Treats is an ice cream business that has hyperrealistic ice cream creations and is most known for its “Not Fried Chicken.”

You can tune in and watch it live on ABC. Pro tip: You will be able to stream it on Hulu starting the following day.

Best of luck.

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