Hamilton teen Raihan Audu spent two days cooking a Thanksgiving meal entirely by himself for his family. The 14-year-old never imagined that a photo of the feast would bring at least a little joy to hundreds of thousands of people.

His older brother posted a photo of the meal on Twitter — showing bowls full of sweet and savoury foods, with chef Raihan at the helm of the table. Raihan only knew it had been posted when his brother called him at school to say that thousands of people were sharing it on social media.

“I checked his Twitter, and it was already at 10,000 likes. And then it kept on going up, and it was overwhelming,” Raihan said, adding that the comments were telling him what a good job he had done. “It was really nice.”
At the time of writing this article, the picture had been liked more than 787,000 times, with almost 70,000 retweets.

Raihan started helping his mother make Thanksgiving dinner when he was 10 years old, but over the past few years, he’s taken more of a lead.

His older brother who shared the photo, Fadel Audu, said it has always been clear how much passion Raihan has for cooking.