Exhibit 23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-102806) pertaining to the Hormel Foods Corporation Joint Earnings Profit Sharing Trust of our report dated April 22, 2011, with respect to the financial statements and supplemental schedule of the Hormel Foods Corporation Joint Earnings Profit Sharing Trust included in this Annual Report (Form 11-K) for the year ended October 31, 2010.

	/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Minneapolis, Minnesota
April 22, 2011