Cork's Ballymaloe and Graham Norton join forces for cranberry sauce deal

Ballymaloe Foods has teamed up with Cork broadcaster Graham Norton for a limited edition mulled wine cranberry sauce released for Christmas.

A total of 20,000 jars of the sauce will be distributed nationwide to three of the main Irish supermarkets — SuperValu, Dunnes Stores, and Tesco — and will be on sale by early December.

Norton said he is delighted to be teaming up with the East Cork food brand.

The West Cork summer resident added: “They’re Cork royalty and I’m thrilled we’ve created something so delicious and festive together. I’m very proud of my wines, especially the shiraz, so enjoying it mulled into a cranberry sauce was a wonderful surprise… and, yes, of course I’ve done the taste test. It has the full GN stamp of approval.”

Ballymaloe Foods general manager Maxine Hyde said the business enjoys teaming up with other brands in the run-up to Christmas.

“Given Graham’s global stardom and proud Cork roots, and our own standing as a proud Cork company, we saw this as a perfect fit.”