Valerie Bertinelli and her boyfriend are crimson carpet official!

On June 7, the creator of Indulge, who’s nominated for 2 2024 Daytime Emmys, walked the crimson carpet on the awards present hand-in-hand along with her boyfriend, Mike Goodnough. 

Goodnough advised PEOPLE on the carpet that he was proud to be by his girlfriend’s facet.

“It feels nice,” he mentioned. “I imply, there’s little or no higher than seeing any individual you’re keen on get the popularity, get the roses.”

The celeb chef, 63, is nominated for excellent culinary host for her work on her now-canceled Meals Community collection Valerie’s Dwelling Cooking. She’s joined within the class by Lidia Bastianich, Emeril Lagasse, Eduardo Garcia, Sophia Roe and Buddy Valastro. Plus, her collection has additionally been nominated for excellent culinary collection.

Goodnough, who goes by Hoarse Whisperer on social media, shared an Instagram submit on Thursday, June 6, to speak about what it is wish to be Bertinelli’s plus-one for the awards present.

In a video, which the author claimed is his fifteenth take, he mentioned he’s “ecstatic” to “see my girlfriend get the roses.”

“Valerie poured her coronary heart and soul into that present,” he mentioned of Valerie’s Dwelling Cooking, including that the nominations are a “deserved recognition” for Bertinelli’s work.

He added extra particulars within the caption and wrote, “Tomorrow and Saturday, I get to be Valerie’s ‘and visitor’ on the awards ceremony… and I’m going to be the happiest ‘+1’ within the place.”

Bertinelli’s Daytime Emmy Awards nominations got here on April nineteenth, nearly precisely a yr after the series was canceled in April 2023. On the time, the actress introduced in an Instagram submit that the 14th season of Valerie’s Dwelling Cooking could be its final and that she hoped Meals Community “would change their minds” after they canceled the present the summer time earlier than.

In an interview with PEOPLE for her April 2024 cover story, Bertinelli mentioned her emotions had been harm by the cancellation however, “I do know it is enterprise. I simply actually liked my job — liked, liked my job.”

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The Daytime Emmy Awards is airing stay on June 7, at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and is on the market to stream stay and on-demand on Paramount+.