Meet Maddy K.
Hospitality expert, event architect, experience strategist and entrepreneur.
The Story
Hospitality, as a way of seeing.
Maddy K began in events more than twenty years ago. What started as a wedding and event studio has grown into a hospitality and experience company — venues and restaurants, brand experiences, travel, community and consulting. The thread has never changed: designing how people are welcomed, and how they feel when they leave.
Today her work runs from venue strategy and restaurant programming to brand experiences, travel and consulting — often long before the doors open, and long after the evening ends.
The events remain, and they are the foundation. Two decades of weddings, galas and private celebrations for clients including celebrities, athletes, politicians and international families, alongside a partnership with The Ritz-Carlton Montréal on its Grand Prix party that has now run for more than a decade.
One thread runs through all of it: bringing women together. Bridal Boudoir convened an industry; Maddy K Inspires and the Maddy K Circle built a community; I AM, Hustle & Heart and Shine Up MTL filled rooms with honest conversation; Casa Evexia gave that community a permanent address; and More Than A Cure, where she is a founding board member, supports women facing breast cancer. She has also taught event planning at John Abbott College.
"I love to mentor and coach women to help them find their path in life."
— Maddy K
The Journey
Twenty years, one evolution.
Events → experiences → entrepreneurship → hospitality and strategy. One thing leading to the next.
Maddy K Events
Maddy leaves her full-time job to design her first wedding, and builds a studio around a simple idea: an event is not a checklist, it is an experience.
Bridal Boudoir
Montréal's annual bridal showcase is founded, gathering the city's finest artisans under one roof — and running for a decade.
The beginning of a long-standing annual collaboration
The Ritz-Carlton Montréal Grand Prix Party
Maddy begins her collaboration with The Ritz-Carlton Montréal on its signature Grand Prix party, helping shape the creative vision and guest experience of what becomes one of the city's most anticipated evenings. More than a decade later, the partnership continues — reimagined each year through hospitality, entertainment, fashion and gastronomy.
Maddy K Inspires & the Maddy K Circle
Co-founded with her friend Natasha Gargiulo, a mentorship platform and private community built on connection, collaboration and the belief that women move further together.
I AM: A Conference for Her
A women's conference created to bring women from all walks of life together to connect, collaborate and learn from one another — encouraging them to become the architects of their own lives.
Hustle & Heart
An intimate women's conference co-founded with Natasha Gargiulo, bringing leaders and influencers together for honest conversations about entrepreneurship, ambition and the realities behind success.
Purpose beyond business
More Than A Cure
Maddy becomes a founding board member of More Than A Cure, supporting its mission to help women and families facing breast cancer through financial assistance, resources and community. She remains actively involved today.
A move into hospitality & venue development
Le 9e
Maddy joins the entrepreneurial team behind the revival of Montréal's iconic ninth floor, expanding her work into venue strategy, guest experience and event programming.
A year of new ventures
Shine Up MTL & The Atelier
The Atelier opens its doors, while Shine Up MTL brings a room of women together to connect, be inspired and leave brighter than they arrived.
Casa Evexia
A private members' club and event venue co-founded to give the community a permanent home — wellness, programming and connection under one roof.
Le Fou Fou at Royalmount
Maddy joins Le Fou Fou to lead its events and experiential strategy, developing programming, partnerships and experiences designed to build community and turn the food hall into a destination beyond dining.
Canadian Event Awards
Event Professional of the Year, Finalist
National recognition for more than two decades of work, from the first wedding to the hospitality practice the business has become.
What comes next
Hospitality & Venue Strategy
The practice steps fully into hospitality: advising hotels, restaurants, venues and developers on positioning, programming and the guest experience — the work the last twenty years were quietly building toward.
Behind The Scenes
Before the magic.
Hover to play — the hours before the guests arrive.
Philanthropy
Heart before decor.
From benefit evenings for the Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation, to bringing Look Good Feel Better's Bubbles & Brunch to Montréal, to La Roche-Posay's Ride La Grande Roue for women's cancer research — Maddy's events serve the causes that matter first.
The Team
Gracy, Lead Planner.
Gracy joined Maddy K in 2016 as an intern and grew, year by year, into the role of Lead Planner. She has managed and overseen countless events and weddings since — multi-day programmes among them, and a destination wedding in Costa Rica.
She always knew she wanted a career in events. Before finding her way in, she worked across sales, retail and finance — customer-facing roles that taught her to read a room. A planner by nature, she was drawn to the pace and constant change of the work.
Her organisation, attention to detail and calm allow each event to be delivered with grace and ease — which makes her an asset to clients, suppliers and, most of all, the team. Since 2018, under Maddy's mentorship, she has led the core weddings team.
Gracy holds a Bachelor's degree in Human Relations from Concordia University and a DEC in Business Administration and Marketing from Dawson College.
