Salisbury residents gathered once again as the International Pancake Race returned to the high street for its 10th year on Tuesday, February 21.

The annual Salisbury event was founded in 2012 and is jointly run by St Thomas’s Church and the Salisbury Foodbank.

Maria Stevenson, manager of Salisbury Foodbank, ran dressed as a hot dog.

Maria said: “Last year I was a toilet roll, because we really needed toilet rolls in the foodbank.”

The youngest participant in the race was 12-year-old Ed Gaut, who represented his mother Claire’s workplace Barclay’s.

Reverend Kelvin Inglis of St Thomas’s Church arrived in full costume to join in the festivities.

Rev Inglis said: “It’s always a good occasion. Always good fun. All for a good cause, too.”

The winner of the race, and recipient of the prestigious golden frying pan, was 37-year-old Andrew Willson, who represented Richmond Bell Architects in its first-ever showing at the race.

Andrew was off to a rocky start, falling in the first race, but ultimately came out on top.

Although this was Andrew’s first-ever pancake race, he said it won’t be the last.

Andrew said: “It probably won’t be the last now. I guess I’ll just slowly increase the collection of golden frying pans.”