National Post: The Key to Successful Dating

'Darren Waldholz, 36, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., had tried speed dating — singles go through a series of timed three-minute dates with up to 25 possibilities in one evening — a handful of times, and while it seemed to be a pretty good introduction method, he thought there had to be something better,' wrote Samantha Grice in the National Post.

Something better

That something better became Lock & Key Events: a format where the conversation starts itself, the pressure stays low, and the prizes make every match a little sweeter.

This 2003 profile is one of the earliest national stories on the concept — the beginning of more than two decades of press coverage.