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laire Ptak was catapulted into the spotlight after making Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding cake (Amalfi lemon and elderflower decorated with Swiss meringue buttercream) nearly two years ago. Her sales doubled, but the Californian-born baker was doing pretty well before royalty came and hosts a lifestyle podcast, Violet Sessions. She lives in Hackney with her three-year-old daughter Frances.

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