Warner Robins man cooking up positivity
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A warner robins man is cooking up positivity using social media.
41nbc's peyton lewis has more ... on the facebook group "whatcha got cookin".
0:16-0:31 0:58-1:09 01:52-2:01 "nobody's ever mad at food.
You know we've got differences of religion, differences in political, differences in sports teams but the food is a common ground that everybody's happy about."
Sheldon hudlin says he wanted to find a way to make people smile during the pandemic.
"i went to the newspaper and i saw happy mother's day and then right after that it was like death, robberies, murder, and i was like, 'there's just no positive news anywhere'."
Hudlin decided to take matters into his own hands, and start "whatcha got cookin" -- a facebook group for people to share recipes, pictures of food, and videos of themselves making food.
He says the group has grown quickly.
"we are not only across the united states but probably 15 different countries.
It's incredible the reach that food has brought people.
" the group has received recognition from celebrity chef, paula dean.
*paula video shoutout clip* hudlin says he's not a chef, but was inspired by his late mother's love for cooking.
He says he wanted to share the same connectivity that food brought his family, with others.
"i am the owner of first class cleaning service, and i love cleaning, i've done it since i was very very small but also how it transitions to cooking because my mom used to cook all the time.
That was her field she cooked and she did it in the school system for such a long time.
And we would sit and just watch her cook as kids as small kids."
April bragg, president of the robins area chamber of commerce, says she is a part of the group and loves the community it provides.
"the unique thing about whatcha got cooking is you know food is one of those things whether it's in person or now as we're seeing virtually we can all come c1 3 b13 together around."
Hudlin says "whatcha