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A man saves £200 on his monthly food shop by foraging for acorns, nettles, wild mushrooms and dandelions. ‌

Lewis Pidoux, 41, says he has fond memories of picking blackberries with his dad as a boy and he got hooked on the hobby in his early 20s as a way of fuelling long-distance hikes. ‌

These wild ingredients now make up about a fifth of his diet - and his inventive meals include nettle pakora and acorn pancakes. ‌

Having recently gone part-time in his job as a chef to focus on growing his YouTube channel, the green-fingered Bristolian aims to make foraged food nearly 100 per cent of his overall diet.

He views foraging as a way to "connect with nature" and claims he saves £200-a-month on his food shopping at Aldi during spring - and £100 in co

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