spring. >> my first love was baking. >> how did that happen? >> well, my mother's a great baker and my grandmother's a great baker. >> ptak spent three years as a pastry chef for aliceerkeley, california. she then moved to london to be with her boyfriend, now husband. >> this was like, okay, i just came from something really a great. giefbt to make this really great, otherwise, i'm going to be totally depressed. >> reporter: so she set up a staal in a weekend market in east london's hackney neighborhood, baking everything in her home kitchen. >> i realized, you know, it was kind of taking over our lives. >> what made you take the leap to open a basically? >> i think my husband was just like, get out of the house. this is not okay. >> reporter: she opened her bake shop violet in 2010. her unique recipes and fresh ingredients would catch the eye of london elite like nigella lawson, jamie oliver, and apparently a prince from london and future duchess from hollywood. >> i am so excited for claire ptak. that's such a great assignment. no pressure or anything. terrifying, right? boy, has she earned it. her bakery is incredible. >> oh, man. you should have brought us some