Chicken Shop Date

Chicken Shop Date
GenreInterview
Created byAmelia Dimoldenberg
Written by
Presented byAmelia Dimoldenberg
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes111
Production
Executive producerAmelia Dimoldenberg
Production companyDimz Inc.
Original release
NetworkYouTube
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.

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 Episode Guest
1 12 March Ghetts
2 30 June Logan Sama
3 6 November Fuse ODG[9]

2015

No. Date of Episode Guest
4 13 February Jammer
5 20 December Asim Chaudhry [a]

2016

No. Date of Episode Guest
6 27 July AJ Tracey
7 21 September Arnold Jorge
8 8 November Raleigh Ritchie
9 7 December 67

2017

No. Date of Episode Guest
10 7 February Cadet
11 14 February The Chicken Connoisseur
12 31 March Avelino
13 9 August Kurupt FM
14 23 August Maya Jama
15 6 September Santan Dave
16 16 November Krept and Konan

2018

No. Date of Episode Guest
17 14 February Not3s
18 17 April Big Narstie
19 7 June Suspect
20 5 July Lady Leshurr
21 30 July Big Zuu
22 9 August Headie One
23 25 August Sean Paul
24 6 September D Double E
25 20 September Mahalia
26 25 October Mo Gilligan

2019

No. Date of Episode Guest
27 13 January Donae'o
28 4 February Ms Banks
29 21 February Chip
30 15 March Charlie Cooper [b]
31 5 June KSI
32 26 June Aitch[10]
33 25 October M Huncho

2020

No. Date of Episode Guest
34 30 January Daniel Kaluuya
35 14 February Darkoo
36 26 March Chunkz & Yung Filly
37 7 May Mike Skinner
38 18 June Munya Chawawa [c]
39 1 July Jamie Demetriou [d]
40 23 July 6lack
41 2 October Dutchavelli
42 18 December Digga D
43 30 December Jade Thirlwall

2021

No. Date of Episode Guest
44 17 February Slowthai
45 18 March Bimini Bon-Boulash
46 21 May ArrDee
47 27 June M1llionz
48 27 August Shaybo
49 10 September Jack Harlow
50 24 September Tion Wayne
51 8 October Joy Crookes
52 22 October Finneas
53 3 November Ed Sheeran[9]
54 17 November Giveon
55 22 December Tammy Abraham & John Stones

2022

No. Date of Episode Guest
56 4 February Bandokay
57 18 February Louis Theroux[9]
58 18 March Rex Orange County
59 1 April Charli XCX
60 15 April Nella Rose
61 29 April Rosalía
62 13 May Kojey Radical
63 8 July Lucy Bronze & Beth Mead
64 22 July Burna Boy
65 5 August Summer Walker
66 12 August Keke Palmer
67 26 August Yungblud
68 23 September Rema
69 14 October Matty Healy
70 25 November Meekz
71 9 December Paddy Pimblett & Molly McCann
72 23 December Phoebe Bridgers

2023

No. Date of Episode Guest
73 20 January Kehlani
74 3 February Fumez the Engineer
75 14 February Central Cee
76 10 March Shania Twain
77 31 March Flo
78 12 May Lewis Capaldi[11]
79 26 May Jonas Brothers[12]
80 30 June Jennifer Lawrence
81 11 August Fredo
82 13 October Kaytranada
83 3 November Sean Evans[13]
84 24 November Dominic Fike
85 1 December Cher[14]
86 15 December Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

2024

No. Date of Episode Guest
87 26 January Paul Mescal
88 22 March Lando Norris
89 10 May Potter Payper
90 24 May Tems
91 7 June Raye
92 21 June Eric André
93 5 July SZA[15]
94 12 July Billie Eilish[16]
95 27 July Ryan Reynolds & Hugh Jackman
96 23 August Sabrina Carpenter
97 27 September Ghetts (2)[e]
98 18 October Andrew Garfield
99 15 November Elmo

2025

No. Date of Episode Guest
100 31 January Cynthia Erivo
101 21 February Harris Dickinson
102 7 March Jennie
103 21 March Alex Consani
104 11 April Ben Stiller
105 9 May Little Simz
106 6 June Bella Hadid
107 13 June Loyle Carner
108 20 June Addison Rae
109 27 June Idris Elba
110 3 July Jonathan Bailey
111 11 July Damson Idris
112 25 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

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2021 Streamy Awards Indie Series Chicken Shop Date Won [17]
2022 Streamy Awards Unscripted Series Nominated [18]
Show of the Year Nominated
2023 National Television Awards Interview Series Nominated [19]
Streamy Awards Unscripted Series Nominated [20]
Show of the Year Nominated

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

  1. ^ Chan, J. Clara (2022-08-30). "'Chicken Shop Date' Creator Amelia Dimoldenberg Signs With CAA". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d Zinoman, Jason (2024-11-15). "'Chicken Shop Date' and the Art of Talk-Show Flirtation". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  4. ^ a b c Mead, Rebecca (2025-02-24). "The Flirt Behind "Chicken Shop Date"". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
  5. ^ "Chicken Shop Date star Amelia Dimoldenberg cries foul over youth cuts". Camden New Journal. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  6. ^ a b "Chicken Shop Date is the dating show we actually want to watch". Mixmag. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  7. ^ a b Haramis, Nick (2022-02-26). "Finding Love, One Nugget at a Time". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  8. ^ Rosenbloom, Alli (2024-10-18). "Why Andrew Garfield's flirty appearance on 'Chicken Shop Date' has the internet abuzz". CNN. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  9. ^ a b c 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.
  10. ^ Murray, Robin (2022-03-14). "Chicken Shop Date: Are Aitch And Amelia Dimoldenberg Dating?". Clash. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  11. ^ Macdonald, Siobhan (2023-05-10). "Lewis Capaldi stars on Amelia Dimoldenberg's Chicken Shop Date in Blue Lagoon". Daily Record. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  12. ^ Paul, Larisha (2023-05-26). "Nick Jonas Roasts Brother Kevin for Being a Disney Adult". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  13. ^ "Hot Ones Host Sean Evans Joins Amelia In Brand New Chicken Shop Date". GRM Daily. 2023-11-04. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  14. ^ Grow, Kory (2023-12-01). "Do Not Offer Cher a Chicken Nugget". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  15. ^ Dailey, Hannah (2024-07-05). "SZA Admits Her 'Kill Bill' Lyrics Were 'Crazy & Harsh' on 'Chicken Shop Date'". Billboard. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  16. ^ Murray, Tom (2024-07-12). "Chicken Shop Date viewers react to 'flirtiest' episode ever with Billie Eilish". The Independent. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  17. ^ "11th Annual Streamy Nominees". The Streamy Awards. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  18. ^ "12th Annual Streamy Nominees". The Streamy Awards. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  19. ^ "NTAs 2023 longlist revealed – SAS Rogue Heroes, Call the Midwife and more". Radio Times. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  20. ^ "13th Annual Streamy Winners". The Streamy Awards. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
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