If we’ve learned anything… It’s that nothing sells non-stick cookware better than dressing 100 Japanese women as French maids, and have them prepare a single pancake.

Cookware-maker FlavorStone knows this, and recently created an ad with 100 maids armed with 100 non-stick pans. The pancake begins its journey in the kitchen and is then passed along to each woman throughout the house until it’s done.

Along the way, there’s some impressive flipping, flapjack-heaving, and maid acrobatics to prove the pan’s non-stick ability. In the end, one freshly-made pancake arrives to the table. Now, how long before the butter and syrup get there?

[link, via First We Feast]