Tom, meet pumpkin

Actor tries the vegetable for the first time at cooking class

Spider-Man star Tom Holland has tasted pumpkin seeds, but never actual pumpkin.

However, all that changed for the British actor during a recent Thanksgiving cooking lesson with Avengers co-director Joe Russo and chef Jessica Largey who introduced him to kabocha squash, a delicacy known as Japanese pumpkin.

The exclusive cooking lesson was held at Russo’s new restaurant called Simone in the arts district of downtown Los Angeles.

“It’s hard that I’m starting with probably the best pumpkin I’ll ever have,” Holland joked.

Russo is a co-owner of the restaurant with Largey, a James Beard winner. She whipped up the dish with ingredients involving pumpkin, chanterelle mushrooms, passionfruit and some kale.

“That’s so good, the passionfruit as well,” Holland said before scooping up another spoonful.

Photos by AP Chef Jessica Largey looks on as director Joe Russo and actor Tom Holland taste a dish she just cooked at the Cooking with “The Avengers” event at the Simone Restaurant in Los Angeles.