Spoon/folk feeding help

With the help of nursery we’ve really been focusing on getting my little one to use a spoon and fork. He was doing so well and after many weeks of loading the spoon for him and him taking the spoon and feeding himself he was finally learning to scoop. All of a sudden he’s decided he doesn’t like this anymore and would prefer to eat like a wild animal instead 😂 if I try to show him how to use the spoon he has a complete meltdown which results in a tantrum and the dog ending up covered in food. Any ideas how to help or should this phase pass?