Old Hollywood-Inspired

Some love stories begin at first glance. Jessica Ratunski and Matthew Martino’s began over email.

As the daughter behind Markham Flooring, Jessica had spent years exchanging messages and phone calls with Matthew, then a construction manager at Mattamy Homes, coordinating hardwood installation schedules for new builds across the GTA. The professional rapport was easy, seamless—and then one day, instead of asking for installation dates, he asked her to dinner.

They met at a small bar called Hole in the Wall in the Junction, and as Jessica puts it, the rest is history.

After nearly four years together, Matthew made it official in the most cinematic way possible. In Positano, on the cliffs of the Amalfi Coast, he orchestrated an all-white gala dinner as a ruse.