Chicken Shop Date

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Chicken Shop Date
GenreInterview
Created byAmelia Dimoldenberg
StarringAmelia Dimoldenberg
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes88
Production
Executive producerAmelia Dimoldenberg
Production companyDimz Inc.
Original release
NetworkYouTube
ReleaseMarch 12, 2014 (2014-03-12) 
present

Chicken Shop Date is a British YouTube interview show created and hosted by Amelia Dimoldenberg, and produced by her production company Dimz Inc. [1] The show features celebrity interviews that are framed as dates in a local chicken shop.

Contents

The first YouTube video was posted in March 2014, and as of March 2024, 88 episodes have been released.

The show has been nominated for several awards, winning Indie Series at the Streamy Awards in 2022 after garnering popularity for its "gleeful subversion of the classic late-night talk show format." [2]

Format

The format of Chicken Shop Date involves Amelia Dimoldenberg meeting a celebrity guest at a local chicken shop for a date, where they engage in casual, awkward, and sometimes flirtatious conversation.

Chicken Shop Date originally began as a column written by a then 17-year-old Dimoldenberg for her local under-21s youth magazine. [3] Beginning by interviewing 'friends of friends', she decided to frame the chats as dates 'because that might be a fun way to interview people'. [4] The location of a chicken shop was chosen as "somewhere you wouldn't expect to be taken on a first date". [4]

In 2014 Dimoldenberg met a camera operator, whom she "convinced to help film one of her dates". [5] This was with the Ghetts and was the first Chicken Shop Date video uploaded to YouTube. It attracted just over one thousand views in the first two weeks. [5]

Dimoldenberg has revealed that each episode takes around forty minutes to film, but finished episodes last no longer than eight minutes. "Only the funniest, flirtiest moments survive, spliced together with strategically deployed B-roll of food prep and the chicken shop's staff at work." [2]

List of episodes

No.Date of EpisodeGuest
1March 12, 2014 Ghetts
2June 30, 2014 DJ Logan Sama
3November 6, 2014 Fuse ODG
4February 13, 2015 Jammer
5December 20, 2015 Chabuddy G
6July 27, 2016 AJ Tracey
7September 21, 2016Arnold Jorge
8November 8, 2016 Raleigh Ritchie
9December 7, 2016 67
10February 7, 2017 Cadet
11February 14, 2017 The Chicken Connoisseur
12March 31, 2017 Avelino
13August 9, 2017 Kurupt FM
14August 23, 2017 Maya Jama
15September 6, 2017 Santan Dave
16November 16, 2017 Krept and Konan
17February 14, 2018 Not3s
18April 17, 2018 Big Narstie
19June 7, 2018 Suspect
20July 5, 2018 Lady Leshurr
21July 30, 2018 Big Zuu
22August 9, 2018 Headie One
23August 25, 2018 Sean Paul
24September 6, 2018 D Double E
25September 20, 2018 Mahalia
26October 25, 2018 Mo Gilligan
27January 13, 2019 Donae'o
28February 4, 2019 Ms Banks
29February 21, 2019 Chip
30March 15, 2019Kurtan (This Country)
31June 5, 2019 KSI
32June 26, 2019 Aitch
33October 25, 2019 M Huncho
34January 30, 2020 Daniel Kaluuya
35February 14, 2020 Darkoo
36March 26, 2020 Chunkz & Filly
37May 7, 2020 Mike Skinner
38June 18, 2020 Unknown P
39July 1, 2020Stath (Stath Lets Flats)
40July 23, 2020 6LACK
41October 2, 2020 Dutchavelli
42December 18, 2020 Digga D
43December 30, 2020 Jade Thirlwall
44February 17, 2021 Slowthai
45March 18, 2021 Bimini Bon Boulash
46May 21, 2021 ArrDee
47June 27, 2021 M1llionz
48August 27, 2021 Shaybo
49September 10, 2021 Jack Harlow
50September 24, 2021 Tion Wayne
51October 8, 2021 Joy Crookes
52October 22, 2021 Finneas
53November 3, 2021 Ed Sheeran
54November 17, 2021 Giveon
55December 22, 2021 Tammy Abraham & John Stones
56February 4, 2022 Bandokay
57February 18, 2022 Louis Theroux
58March 18, 2022 Rex Orange County
59April 1, 2022 Charli XCX
60April 15, 2022 Nella Rose
61April 29, 2022 Rosalía
62May 13, 2022 Kojey Radical
63July 8, 2022 Lucy Bronze & Beth Mead
64July 22, 2022 Burna Boy
65August 5, 2022 Summer Walker
66August 12, 2022 Keke Palmer
67August 26, 2022 Yungblud
68September 23, 2022 Rema
69October 14, 2022 Matty Healy
70November 25, 2022 Meekz
71December 9, 2022 Paddy Pimblett & Molly McCann
72December 23, 2022 Phoebe Bridgers
73January 20, 2023 Kehlani
74February 3, 2023 Fumez the Engineer
75February 14, 2023 Central Cee
76March 10, 2023 Shania Twain
77March 31, 2023 Flo
78May 12, 2023 Lewis Capaldi
79May 26, 2023 Jonas Brothers
80June 30, 2023 Jennifer Lawrence
81August 11, 2023 Fredo
82October 13, 2023 Kaytranada
83November 3, 2023 Sean Evans
84November 24, 2023 Dominic Fike
85December 1, 2023 Cher
86December 15, 2023 Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
87January 26, 2024 Paul Mescal
88March 22, 2024 Lando Norris

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.
2021 Streamy Awards Indie SeriesChicken Shop DateWon [6]
2022 Streamy Awards Unscripted SeriesChicken Shop DateNominated [7]
Show of the YearChicken Shop DateNominated [7]
2023 National Television Awards Interview SeriesChicken Shop DateNominated [8]
2023 Streamy Awards Unscripted SeriesChicken Shop DateNominated [9]
Show of the YearChicken Shop DateNominated [9]

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