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 episodes111
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 July 11, 2025, 111 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]

Production

Chicken Shop Date is shot in fried-chicken restaurants around London. Each episode costs around six thousand dollars to produce. As of March 2025, Dimoldenberg employed a creative producer, a social media manager, and a personal assistant. Since “Chicken Shop Date” is released roughly once a month, she selects her guests carefully, stating "It has to feel like an organic fit. I need to genuinely be a fan of them and their work. If I fancy them, that’s a bonus. It is a dating show, after all." Dimoldenberg usually films for thirty to forty minutes. In the show's early years, final episodes were trimmed to three or four minutes, but they now often extend up to twelve. [4]

Dimoldenberg’s onscreen persona is largely shaped during the editing process, which she oversees. The character's standoffishness and awkwardness are accentuated through jump cuts and extended shots of her expressive, often quizzical facial expressions. [4]

History

Chicken Shop Date originally began as a column written by a then 17-year-old Dimoldenberg for her local under-21s youth magazine. [5] Beginning by interviewing 'friends of friends', she decided to frame the chats as dates 'because that might be a fun way to interview people'. [6] The location of a chicken shop was chosen as "somewhere you wouldn't expect to be taken on a first date". [6] In 2014 Dimoldenberg met a camera operator, whom she "convinced to help film one of her dates". [7] 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. [7]

Initially, Chicken Shop Date exclusively featured male guests, as Dimoldenberg was hesitant to include women out of concern that the dating premise would not translate. However, reconsidering this literal interpretation, she began featuring female guests in 2017, and some of the show's most popular episodes have since included women. [4]

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. [8]

List of episodes

2014

No.Date of EpisodeGuest
112 March Ghetts
230 June Logan Sama
36 November Fuse ODG [9]

2015

No.Date of EpisodeGuest
413 February Jammer
520 December Asim Chaudhry [a]

2016

No.Date of EpisodeGuest
627 July AJ Tracey
721 SeptemberArnold Jorge
88 November Raleigh Ritchie
97 December 67

2017

No.Date of EpisodeGuest
107 February Cadet
1114 February The Chicken Connoisseur
1231 March Avelino
139 August Kurupt FM
1423 August Maya Jama
156 September Santan Dave
1616 November Krept and Konan

2018

No.Date of EpisodeGuest
1714 February Not3s
1817 April Big Narstie
197 June Suspect
205 July Lady Leshurr
2130 July Big Zuu
229 August Headie One
2325 August Sean Paul
246 September D Double E
2520 September Mahalia
2625 October Mo Gilligan

2019

No.Date of EpisodeGuest
2713 January Donae'o
284 February Ms Banks
2921 February Chip
3015 March Charlie Cooper [b]
315 June KSI
3226 June Aitch [10]
3325 October M Huncho

2020

No.Date of EpisodeGuest
3430 January Daniel Kaluuya
3514 February Darkoo
3626 March Chunkz & Yung Filly
377 May Mike Skinner
3818 June Munya Chawawa [c]
391 July Jamie Demetriou [d]
4023 July 6lack
412 October Dutchavelli
4218 December Digga D
4330 December Jade Thirlwall

2021

No.Date of EpisodeGuest
4417 February Slowthai
4518 March Bimini Bon-Boulash
4621 May ArrDee
4727 June M1llionz
4827 August Shaybo
4910 September Jack Harlow
5024 September Tion Wayne
518 October Joy Crookes
5222 October Finneas
533 November Ed Sheeran [9]
5417 November Giveon
5522 December Tammy Abraham & John Stones

2022

No.Date of EpisodeGuest
564 February Bandokay
5718 February Louis Theroux [9]
5818 March Rex Orange County
591 April Charli XCX
6015 April Nella Rose
6129 April Rosalía
6213 May Kojey Radical
638 July Lucy Bronze & Beth Mead
6422 July Burna Boy
655 August Summer Walker
6612 August Keke Palmer
6726 August Yungblud
6823 September Rema
6914 October Matty Healy
7025 November Meekz
719 December Paddy Pimblett & Molly McCann
7223 December Phoebe Bridgers

2023

No.Date of EpisodeGuest
7320 January Kehlani
743 February Fumez the Engineer
7514 February Central Cee
7610 March Shania Twain
7731 March Flo
7812 May Lewis Capaldi [11]
7926 May Jonas Brothers [12]
8030 June Jennifer Lawrence
8111 August Fredo
8213 October Kaytranada
833 November Sean Evans [13]
8424 November Dominic Fike
851 December Cher [14]
8615 December Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

2024

No.Date of EpisodeGuest
8726 January Paul Mescal
8822 March Lando Norris
8910 May Potter Payper
9024 May Tems
917 June Raye
9221 June Eric André
935 July SZA [15]
9412 July Billie Eilish [16]
9527 July Ryan Reynolds & Hugh Jackman
9623 August Sabrina Carpenter
9727 SeptemberGhetts (2) [e]
9818 October Andrew Garfield
9915 November Elmo

2025

No.Date of EpisodeGuest
10031 January Cynthia Erivo
10121 February Harris Dickinson
1027 March Jennie
10321 March Alex Consani
10411 April Ben Stiller
1059 May Little Simz
1066 June Bella Hadid
10713 June Loyle Carner
10820 June Addison Rae
10927 June Idris Elba
1103 July Jonathan Bailey
11111 July Damson Idris
11225 July Trixie Mattel

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 [17]
2022 Streamy Awards Unscripted SeriesNominated [18]
Show of the YearNominated
2023 National Television Awards Interview SeriesNominated [19]
Streamy Awards Unscripted SeriesNominated [20]
Show of the YearNominated

See also

Notes

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

References

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