Food enthusiast pursuing wild ape (6)
I believe the answer is:
peanut
'food' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'enthusiast pursuing wild ape' is the wordplay.
'enthusiast' becomes 'nut' (nut can mean an enthusiast or fan).
'pursuing' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'wild' is an anagram indicator.
'ape' anagrammed gives 'pea'.
'nut' after 'pea' is 'PEANUT'.
(Other definitions for peanut that I've seen before include "Salted or dry roasted item" , "Edible seed, may be roasted and salted" , "Dry-roasted or salted snack item" , "Common snack" , "Popular edible seed, often salted" .)