Clean eating Chris Hemsworth enjoys a calorie-laden ice-cream

He follows a strict diet and workout regime to maintain his incredibly ripped physique.

But Chris Hemsworth enjoyed a cheat day on Thursday as he did some sightseeing in London with his stunning wife Elsa Pataky.

The Thor star tucked into a calorie-laden bubble gum ice-cream cone, complete with fairy floss and toppings as the pair visited the world-famous desert emporium, Hans and Gretel in Camden.

Chris posted a picture of the pair enjoying the fairy tale-inspired sweet treat on his Instagram page.

He said that the ice-cream cone equated to ‘four weeks worth of cheat meals in one’.

Chris and Elsa have been in Europe for the last several weeks as Chris films Extraction 2 and they recently celebrated Christmas in Austria as a family.

The couple, who married in 2010, are parents to India, nine, and twins Tristan and Sasha, seven.

Where dreams come true! The pair visited the world-famous desert emporium, Hans and Gretel in Camden

It comes after they recently suffered another setback in their plans to build a second ‘Westfield-style’ mansion on a 35 hectare site in an exclusive part of Byron Bay.

Daily Mail Australia revealed in August the Hemsworths wanted to build a new seven-bedroom home – each with its own ensuite bathroom – less than a kilometre from the $30million mega-mansion they call home.

The new digs is expected cost the Hollywood power couple $4.4million but at the moment remains on the planning shelf.

Daily Mail Australia has been told approval for the new compound has been put on hold due to a lack of expertise within Byron Bay Council.

‘The council has lost a bunch of their staff in recent times and there is a huge backlog in processing Development Approvals,’ a source told Daily Mail Australia.

‘Not much is happening with it at the moment.’

The development has been plagued with issues since it was lodged earlier this year, with experts claiming the Hemsworths are ‘dreaming’ if they hoped to come in on their documented budget.

‘The Development Approval said the estimated cost to build the two houses was $4.4m. I reckon that wouldn’t put Christmas dinner on the Hemsworth’s table,’ a building industry expert told Daily Mail Australia in August.

‘The figure will be way more.’

Chris purchased the land – about a kilometre from his existing Byron Bay mansion – for $4.25million in 2019.

Any blowout is unlikely to dent the coffers of the Thor star and his wife, who have a combined net worth of about $200 million.

Development plans were first lodged in March, with a final draft being submitted with Byron Bay Council in July.