The Golden Bachelorette Winner Revealed: Who Joan Picks Between Chock & Guy

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The Golden Bachelorette Season 1 spoilers ahead. After months of roses, tears, and Bachelor Nation stanning Charles L., The Golden Bachelorette winner and who Joan picked between Chock and Guy was finally revealed in The Golden Bachelorette Season 1 finale on November 13.

Chock Chapple, a 60-year-old Insurance Executive from Wichita, Kansas, and Guy Gansert, a 66-year-old ER Doctor from Reno, Nevada, were Joan Vassos‘ two finalists from her 24 contestants on the first season of The Golden Bachelorette.

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Joan, a 61-year-old Private School Administrator from Rockville, Maryland, was previously a contestant on Season 1 of The Golden Bachelor with Gerry Turner, where she sent herself home in 12th place in Week 3 to care for her daughter, who had a medical emergency. 

While Chock was an early frontrunner on The Golden Bachelorette—having received Joan’s first one-on-one date and coming back to filming after leaving temporarily following his mother’s death—Guy was somewhat of a dark horse. (Guy didn’t have his first one-on-one date with Joan until Week 4.) While both Chock and Guy had different journeys on The Golden Bachelorette, there was no doubt that they both had a strong connection with Joan in the end and confessed that they were both falling in love with her. But who was The Golden Bachelorette winner and which of her finalists did Joan choose for her final rose? Read on for who won The Golden Bachelorette Season 1.

Who was The Golden Bachelorette winner?

The Golden Bachelorette winner was Chock Chapple, a 60-year-old Insurance Executive from Wichita, Kansas, according to Reality Steve. Joan gave her final rose to Chock at the Final Rose Ceremony in The Golden Bachelorette Season 1 finale, which he accepted. Joan’s runner-up was Guy Gansert, a 66-year-old ER Doctor from Reno, Nevada.

Does Joan get engaged on The Golden Bachelorette? 

Joan and Chock got engaged in The Golden Bachelorette finale. Prior to the finale, however, Joan hinted in an interview with People in September 2024 that getting engaged wasn’t important to her on The Golden Bachelorette.

“I said all along I didn’t need to leave engaged,” Joan said. “My goal was to leave in a committed relationship. I wanted to have somebody I saw a future with and that we wanted to see how it works in the real world outside of the Bachelor bubble. I didn’t want to go through all of this and be at the same place I was when I came to the mansion.”

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Joan and Chock’s ring was designed by Neil Lane, a celebrity jeweler, who has created engagement rings for The Bachelor, The Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise since 2008. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly in 2016, former Chris Harrison revealed that couples from The Bachelor franchise must stay together for a set amount of time or else they must return their free engagement ring back to Neil Lane. “There’s some rule, after a certain number of years, you get to keep it anyway,” he said. “But after months… it goes back.”

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Lane also told StyleCaster in 2016 that he doesn’t know what happens to the rings after couples break up, but that he designs them with the hope that the couple stays together. “I make rings hoping that people stay together forever, but after they get the ring, I don’t have a say in it, and what happens after that, I don’t know,” he said. “Where the ring goes, I have to say, I don’t really know. I just say it goes to ring heaven.”

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Are Joan and Chock still together after The Golden Bachelorette? 

As of writing, Joan and Chock are still together. Joan hinted that she and her Golden Bachelorette winner were still together in an interview with Good Morning America before The Golden Bachelorette‘s premiere, in which she said she was “very happy” and had the support of her children, daughter Ally and son Nick, who Chock and Guy met in The Golden Bachelorette Season 1 finale. Chock also told “The Viall Files” podcast prior to the finale that Chock was one of the few Golden Bachelorette contestants she could see a future with immediately after meeting during limo entrances.

“Immediately, I loved what he did. The Chock-o-Noodle soup was hilarious,” she said, referencing the homemade chicken noodle soup Chock gave her. “But the reason that was such a good thing to do is because I realized he went and figured out who I was and what was important to me.” She continued, “He knew the names of all four of my kids. Some people might call that creepy. Some people, like me, thought ‘Wow he really is interested.’”

While Joan and Chock are still together, it wouldn’t be surprising if they didn’t last. Three months after they got married in The Golden Bachelor’s Golden Wedding special, Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist—who got engaged in The Golden Bachelor finale in November 2023—announced they were divorcing. 

“Theresa and I have had a number of heart-to-heart conversations and we’ve looked closely at our situation, our living situation and so forth and we’ve kind of come to the conclusion, mutually, that it’s probably time for us to dissolve our marriage,” Gerry said in a joint interview with Theresa on Good Morning America in April 2024. Theresa explained during the interview that she and Gerry chose to divorce because they couldn’t decide on where to live, given their families were in different states. Gerry is from Indiana, while Theresa is from Shrewsbury, New Jersey. “We looked at homes in South Carolina, we considered New Jersey, and we just looked at homes after home,” Theresa said. “But we never got to the point where we made that decision.”

In her interview with People, Joan also confirmed that she doesn’t plan to move away from Rockville, Maryland, where she lives with her family, to be with her Golden Bachelorette winner, which could become an issue for her relationship with Chock, who is from Wichita, Kansas. “I would never want to leave my family,” Joan said. “My kids and my grandkids all live really close to me and not being close to them all the time would not work for me. They’re the most important people in my life. I felt that anybody that I would be a good match for, they would have the same family values as I have and would not want to leave their family.”

Who’s Chock, Joan’s Golden Bachelorette winner?

Joan’s winner, Charles “Chock” Chapple, is a 60-year-old Insurance Executive from Wichita, Kansas. His Instagram handle is @chockchapple.

According to his Linkedin, Chock is the president of Insurance Services Group, a full-service insurance agency that offers business, personal, health, and safety services, based in Wichita, Kansas. He’s held the role since 2020. Before his current career, Chock was the owner of the company CIG Insurance from 2004 to 2020. “I’m originally from a small town in Garden Plain, Kansas and has spent the last 30 years in Wichita,” his Linkedin biography reads. “I attended Kansas State University and graduated with degrees in both Labor Relations and General Business Administration. My grandfather and father were insurance pros dating back to the 1920’s.”

Read Chock’s official Golden Bachelorette Season 1 biography and fun facts below:

“Chock is quite the catch! He’s kind, loves adventure, and has had a successful career owning his own business. Chock has a very full life with his kids, his adorable black Lab Super Tubbs, and his work, but he knows he’s missing the one thing he wants most — love. Chock truly believes love can be found at any age and is enthusiastic about finding that spark again. He’s hoping this is his moment to meet the adventurous, compassionate woman he’s been looking for. When Chock isn’t working or spending time with his kids, he loves exercising and rooting for the Kansas City Chiefs. His guilty pleasure is shopping, and he can’t resist a good sale! Chock is totally a relationship guy, so let’s see if Joan is the long-term love he’s been dreaming of.

Fun Facts:
• Chock is a self-proclaimed grill master.
• Chock once went nighttime shark diving in Australia
• Chock hopes that Chevy Camaros with T-tops make a comeback.”

Who’s Guy, Joan’s Golden Bachelorette runner-up?

Joan’s finalist, Guy Gansert, is a 66-year-old ER Doctor from Reno, Nevada. His Instagam handle is @guyggansert. Before his relationship with Joan, Guy was former Nevada Senate member Heidi Gansert, a Republican representative who represents District 15 and Washoe County. 

According to his Linkedin, Guy works as a physician with Northern Nevada Emergency Physicians. He was also the Chief of Staff at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno from 2005 to 2007, and a Medical Director in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the same hospital from 1994 to 2005. 

He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Zoology and Animal Biology from University of Nevada, Reno, in 1982. He then earned his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Nevada’s Reno School of Medicine in 1986. He completed his residency program in emergency medicine at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1989. 

Read Guy’s official Golden Bachelorette Season 1 biography and fun facts below:

Guy is ready to put himself out there for our Golden Bachelorette! The emergency room physician has dedicated nearly 40 years to helping others as a doctor, and he is excited about the opportunity to meet someone to share the rest of his life with. Guy is charismatic, confident and romantic and is looking for a woman who is intelligent and funny. He loves spending time with his four kids and grandchild and wants to prove to the world that older men still have a zest for life. Guy does NOT fit the “grumpy old man” stereotype and knows he has a lot of life left to live. He is a big believer in chivalry and wants to make Joan feel extra special. Guy is a total catch, and we think Joan will have no trouble seeing that!

Fun Facts:
• Guy is planning to hike Mount Kilimanjaro this fall.
• Guy dreams about the Dallas Cowboys winning a Super Bowl.

The Golden Bachelorette is available to stream on Hulu.