dave tuttle has a passion for pie. >> let's face it. pie is wonderful.reat. >> a passion that was born of necessity in 2009 after this former film and tv producer couldn't find work in an industry that was shedding jobs. >> for about a year i really made it full time to try to find a job, to get back into the business because that's what i've known for 20 years. >> so you were living on your savings and your 401(k) and there came a point i depleted all of our funds. we were sitting at a dinner party and i had brought one of my pies, sitting with my friend, and my friends said, david, you really need to sell these pies. my wife said, yes, you really need to do something. i thought, okay, that's cool. i'll try it. i'll bake on an average 16 to 18 hours straight. i'll use only what's in season in the hudson valley. i'll do everything by hand. i peel my apples, mix my crusts, roll them out by hand. the name of my company is tuttles homemade. >> his unique cost saver, bartering for kitchen space at local restaurants. >> it's also more advertising for you. >>

christine romans tells us how that party helped dave tuttle reboot his career. >> reporter: dave tuttle pie is wonderful stuff. makes people feel great. >> reporter: a passion that was born of necessity in 2009 after this former film and tv producer couldn't find work in an industry that was shedding jobs. >> for about a year, i really made it full-time to try to find a job, to get back into the business, because that's what i had been doing for 20 years. >> so you were living on your savings, living on your 401k. >> and it had came to the point where i had depleted all of our funds. >> reporter: then, an idea. >> we were sitting at a dinner party one night and i had brought one of my pies, and we were sitting around with my friends, and they were like, dave, you should start to sell these pias. and my wife was, like, yes, you need to do something. and i said, i'll try it. i'll bake an average of 16 to 18 hours straight. i use only what's in season here in the hudson valley. i'll do everything by hand. i'll peel my apples, i mix all my crusts, roll them out by hand. the name of my compa

. >> reporter: dave tuttle has a passion for pie. >> let's face it. pie is wonderful.. >> reporter: a passion born of necessity in 2009 after this former film and tv producer couldn't find work in an industry that's shedding jobs. >> for about a year i really made it full-time to get a job to get back in the business. that's what i was doing for 20iers. >> living on the savings and 401k. >> 401k and came to a point where, you know, depleted the funds. >> reporter: then an idea. >> we were sitting at a dinner party one night and i brought one of my pies and sitting around with our friends and they said, dave, you should start to sell these pies. my wife's like, yes, you need to do something! i said, well, okay. that's cool. you know? maybe i'll try it. i'll bake on average of 16 to 18 hours. straight. only use what's in season here in the hudson valley. i do everything by hand. i'll peel my apples, i mix my crust. roll them out by hand. the name of the company is tuttle's homemade. >> reporter: the unique cost-saving measure bartering for kitchen space. you have the spa