Revenues at Ballymaloe Foods firm rise to €5m

The Cork-based company behind Ballymaloe Foods is enjoying a record year this year with revenues of €5m.

The firm is one of 16 separate businesses that were created after Myrtle Allen established a country house hotel and restaurant at Ballymaloe in the 1960s. Ballymaloe Country Relish is operated by Ms Allen’s daughter, Yasmin Hyde.

It started out in a kitchen in 1990 and for seven years operated out of a portable building. However, the business has enjoyed tremendous growth and has increased its workforce by 25% in the last 12 months to bring its headcount to 25 people.