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Posted on Thu, Apr 22, 2010 : 10:49 p.m.

Food flies off the grill at Scarlett Pancake Supper

By Ann Farnham

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All-you-can-eat pancakes were on the menu tonight at Scarlett Middle School. Chris Cakes grilled and flipped dinner onto an estimated 250 plates at this spring community event.

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Caution, the sign reads. Flying pancakes. And they really were flying off the grill.

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This sign at the Scarlett Middle School Pancake Supper provided fair warning. The pancakes were flying.

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Scarlett Middle School was host tonight to Chris Cakes, a Food Network-featured pancake entertainer who claims the Guinness Book World Records for Most Pancakes Made in an Hour and Highest Pancake Toss & Catch.

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Scarlett Middle School secretary Leisa Gibson has her eye on her dinner in mid-air. Pancakes were tossed off the grill by Chris Cakes.

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Students and their families feasted on all-you-can-eat pancakes and sausages from 5 to 7 pm. Over 250 diners enjoyed Chris's culinary art and antics.

The event was organized by Scarlett's PTSO as a spring community celebration. Scarlett families attended the $6/plate supper along with the families of incoming 6th grade students from their feeder elementary schools Pittsfield, Mitchell, Carpenter, Allen and Burns Park.

Check out this video of Chris Cakes in action at Scarlett, along with 6th grade student Imani Wells:

Ann Farnham is a mother of two, community volunteer, and expert crepe maker. She leaves the pancake making - and flipping - to the professionals. Follow her at Ann of Ann Arbor.