Chicken Shop Date

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Chicken Shop Date
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GenreInterview
Created by Amelia Dimoldenberg
Written by
Presented byAmelia Dimoldenberg
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes102
Production
Executive producerAmelia Dimoldenberg
Production companyDimz Inc.
Original release
Network YouTube
Release12 March 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.

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The series' first YouTube video was posted in March 2014, and as of March 7, 2025, 102 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. A humorous element is the setting of the chicken shop, a brightly-lit fast food shop that is generally not considered a romantic setting. [3]

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] Questions asked are often chaotic, awkward, and playful, as well as questions such as "snog, marry, avoid?". Dimoldenberg flirts with her guests, often alternating between flattery and teasing insults. [3]

History

Chicken Shop Date originally began as a column written by a then 17-year-old Dimoldenberg for her local under-21s youth magazine. [4] Beginning by interviewing 'friends of friends', she decided to frame the chats as dates 'because that might be a fun way to interview people'. [5] The location of a chicken shop was chosen as "somewhere you wouldn't expect to be taken on a first date". [5] In 2014 Dimoldenberg met a camera operator, whom she "convinced to help film one of her dates". [6] This was with the rapper Ghetts and was the first Chicken Shop Date video uploaded to YouTube. It attracted just over one thousand views in the first two weeks. [6]

In 2024, Dimoldenberg's interview with Andrew Garfield became particularly successful, [3] largely due to a viral "meet-cute" that took place between her and Garfield on the red carpet of the 2022 British GQ Men of the Year awards, and a second meeting on the red carpet of the 2023 Golden Globe Awards. [7]

List of episodes

No.Date of EpisodeGuest
112 March 2014 Ghetts
230 June 2014 DJ Logan Sama
36 November 2014 Fuse ODG [8]
413 February 2015 Jammer
520 December 2015 Asim Chaudhry [a]
627 July 2016 AJ Tracey
721 September 2016Arnold Jorge
88 November 2016 Raleigh Ritchie
97 December 2016 67
107 February 2017 Cadet
1114 February 2017 The Chicken Connoisseur
1231 March 2017 Avelino
139 August 2017 Kurupt FM
1423 August 2017 Maya Jama
156 September 2017 Santan Dave
1616 November 2017 Krept and Konan
1714 February 2018 Not3s
1817 April 2018 Big Narstie
197 June 2018 Suspect
205 July 2018 Lady Leshurr
2130 July 2018 Big Zuu
229 August 2018 Headie One
2325 August 2018 Sean Paul
246 September 2018 D Double E
2520 September 2018 Mahalia
2625 October 2018 Mo Gilligan
2713 January 2019 Donae'o
284 February 2019 Ms Banks
2921 February 2019 Chip
3015 March 2019 Charlie Cooper [b]
315 June 2019 KSI
3226 June 2019 Aitch [9]
3325 October 2019 M Huncho
3430 January 2020 Daniel Kaluuya
3514 February 2020 Darkoo
3626 March 2020 Chunkz & Yung Filly
377 May 2020 Mike Skinner
3818 June 2020 Munya Chawawa [c]
391 July 2020 Jamie Demetriou [d]
4023 July 2020 6LACK
412 October 2020 Dutchavelli
4218 December 2020 Digga D
4330 December 2020 Jade Thirlwall
4417 February 2021 Slowthai
4518 March 2021 Bimini Bon Boulash
4621 May 2021 ArrDee
4727 June 2021 M1llionz
4827 August 2021 Shaybo
4910 September 2021 Jack Harlow
5024 September 2021 Tion Wayne
518 October 2021 Joy Crookes
5222 October 2021 Finneas
533 November 2021 Ed Sheeran [8]
5417 November 2021 Giveon
5522 December 2021 Tammy Abraham & John Stones
564 February 2022 Bandokay
5718 February 2022 Louis Theroux [8]
5818 March 2022 Rex Orange County
591 April 2022 Charli XCX
6015 April 2022 Nella Rose
6129 April 2022 Rosalía
6213 May 2022 Kojey Radical
638 July 2022 Lucy Bronze & Beth Mead
6422 July 2022 Burna Boy
655 August 2022 Summer Walker
6612 August 2022 Keke Palmer
6726 August 2022 Yungblud
6823 September 2022 Rema
6914 October 2022 Matty Healy
7025 November 2022 Meekz
719 December 2022 Paddy Pimblett & Molly McCann
7223 December 2022 Phoebe Bridgers
7320 January 2023 Kehlani
743 February 2023 Fumez the Engineer
7514 February 2023 Central Cee
7610 March 2023 Shania Twain
7731 March 2023 Flo
7812 May 2023 Lewis Capaldi [10]
7926 May 2023 Jonas Brothers [11]
8030 June 2023 Jennifer Lawrence
8111 August 2023 Fredo
8213 October 2023 Kaytranada
833 November 2023 Sean Evans [12]
8424 November 2023 Dominic Fike
851 December 2023 Cher [13]
8615 December 2023 Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
8726 January 2024 Paul Mescal
8822 March 2024 Lando Norris
8910 May 2024 Potter Payper
9024 May 2024 Tems
917 June 2024 Raye
9221 June 2024 Eric André
935 July 2024 SZA [14]
9412 July 2024 Billie Eilish [15]
9527 July 2024 Ryan Reynolds & Hugh Jackman
9623 August 2024 Sabrina Carpenter
9727 September 2024 Ghetts (2) [e]
9818 October 2024 Andrew Garfield
9915 November 2024 Elmo
10031 January 2025 Cynthia Erivo
10121 February 2025 Harris Dickinson
1027 March 2025 Jennie

Reception

Jason Zinoman of The New York Times described Dimoldenberg as "flamboyantly unimpressed", and that "over the past decade, she has consistently produced entertainingly charged conversations." [3]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.
2021 Streamy Awards Indie SeriesChicken Shop DateWon [16]
2022 Streamy Awards Unscripted SeriesNominated [17]
Show of the YearNominated
2023 National Television Awards Interview SeriesNominated [18]
Streamy Awards Unscripted SeriesNominated [19]
Show of the YearNominated

Notes

  1. In character as Chabuddy G in People Just Do Nothing
  2. In character as Kurtan in This Country
  3. In character as Unknown P
  4. In character as Stath in Stath Lets Flats
  5. 10 Year Anniversary special

References

  1. Chan, J. Clara (2022-08-30). "'Chicken Shop Date' Creator Amelia Dimoldenberg Signs With CAA". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  2. 1 2 Goldstein, Jessica M. (March 14, 2023). "She goes on awkward 'dates' with celebs. Now she's flirting with fame". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Zinoman, Jason (2024-11-15). "'Chicken Shop Date' and the Art of Talk-Show Flirtation". The New York Times . Retrieved 2024-11-18.
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  5. 1 2 "Chicken Shop Date is the dating show we actually want to watch". Mixmag. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  6. 1 2 Haramis, Nick (2022-02-26). "Finding Love, One Nugget at a Time". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  7. Rosenbloom, Alli (2024-10-18). "Why Andrew Garfield's flirty appearance on 'Chicken Shop Date' has the internet abuzz". CNN . Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  8. 1 2 3 Snapes, Laura (2023-04-29). "'Awkwardness is part of life': Amelia Dimoldenberg on Chicken Shop Date and flirting with Andrew Garfield". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  9. Murray, Robin (2022-03-14). "Chicken Shop Date: Are Aitch And Amelia Dimoldenberg Dating?". Clash. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  10. Macdonald, Siobhan (2023-05-10). "Lewis Capaldi stars on Amelia Dimoldenberg's Chicken Shop Date in Blue Lagoon". Daily Record. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  11. Paul, Larisha (2023-05-26). "Nick Jonas Roasts Brother Kevin for Being a Disney Adult". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  12. "Hot Ones Host Sean Evans Joins Amelia In Brand New Chicken Shop Date". GRM Daily. 2023-11-04. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  13. Grow, Kory (2023-12-01). "Do Not Offer Cher a Chicken Nugget". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  14. Dailey, Hannah (2024-07-05). "SZA Admits Her 'Kill Bill' Lyrics Were 'Crazy & Harsh' on 'Chicken Shop Date'". Billboard. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  15. Murray, Tom (2024-07-12). "Chicken Shop Date viewers react to 'flirtiest' episode ever with Billie Eilish". The Independent. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
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