After The Golden Bachelorette's Joan Vassos got engaged to Chock Chapple, she set out on a new journey—playing matchmaker for friends Jordan Heller and Leslie Fhima.

Chock Chapple proposed to Joan Vassos in the show's Nov. 13 finale and tells PEOPLE he found it "very tough" to hide the engagement from friends

The inaugural season of the ABC seniors dating competition “The Golden Bachelorette” culminated in star Joan Vassos, 61, of Rockville, Maryland, who works in alumni relations at the private Landon School in Bethesda, choosing 61-year-old Charles “Chock” Chapple, president of Insurance Services Group in Wichita.