He looks delicious! I like having the birds (safely) be part of food prep, especially if its something new they have never had. Letting them taste each new ingredient and the final mix.
I get less WTH is this reaction when we do the taste and the whole isn't this exciting and oh, this is so yummy thing. Then the whole eating a bit myself and enjoying it as much as pizza (sadly, cauliflower is no pizza) makes them eager to try it.