Chicken Shop Date Explained

Genre:Interview
Creator:Amelia Dimoldenberg
Presenter:Amelia Dimoldenberg
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Num Episodes:95
Executive Producer:Amelia Dimoldenberg
Company:Dimz Inc.
Network:YouTube
Last Aired: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 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.! scope="col"
Date of EpisodeGuest
112 March 2014Ghetts
230 June 2014DJ Logan Sama
36 November 2014Fuse ODG[6]
413 February 2015Jammer
520 December 2015Chabuddy G
627 July 2016AJ Tracey
721 September 2016Arnold Jorge
88 November 2016Raleigh Ritchie
97 December 201667
107 February 2017Cadet
1114 February 2017The Chicken Connoisseur
1231 March 2017Avelino
139 August 2017Kurupt FM
1423 August 2017Maya Jama
156 September 2017Santan Dave
1616 November 2017Krept and Konan
1714 February 2018Not3s
1817 April 2018Big Narstie
197 June 2018Suspect
205 July 2018Lady Leshurr
2130 July 2018Big Zuu
229 August 2018Headie One
2325 August 2018Sean Paul
246 September 2018D Double E
2520 September 2018Mahalia
2625 October 2018Mo Gilligan
2713 January 2019Donae'o
284 February 2019Ms Banks
2921 February 2019Chip
3015 March 2019Kurtan (This Country)
315 June 2019KSI
3226 June 2019Aitch[7]
3325 October 2019M Huncho
3430 January 2020Daniel Kaluuya
3514 February 2020Darkoo
3626 March 2020Chunkz & Filly
377 May 2020Mike Skinner
3818 June 2020Unknown P
391 July 2020Stath (Stath Lets Flats)
4023 July 20206LACK
412 October 2020Dutchavelli
4218 December 2020Digga D
4330 December 2020Jade Thirlwall
4417 February 2021Slowthai
4518 March 2021Bimini Bon Boulash
4621 May 2021ArrDee
4727 June 2021M1llionz
4827 August 2021Shaybo
4910 September 2021Jack Harlow
5024 September 2021Tion Wayne
518 October 2021Joy Crookes
5222 October 2021Finneas
533 November 2021Ed Sheeran
5417 November 2021Giveon
5522 December 2021Tammy Abraham & John Stones
564 February 2022Bandokay
5718 February 2022Louis Theroux
5818 March 2022Rex Orange County
591 April 2022Charli XCX
6015 April 2022Nella Rose
6129 April 2022Rosalía
6213 May 2022Kojey Radical
638 July 2022Lucy Bronze & Beth Mead
6422 July 2022Burna Boy
655 August 2022Summer Walker
6612 August 2022Keke Palmer
6726 August 2022Yungblud
6823 September 2022Rema
6914 October 2022Matty Healy
7025 November 2022Meekz
719 December 2022Paddy Pimblett & Molly McCann
7223 December 2022Phoebe Bridgers
7320 January 2023Kehlani
743 February 2023Fumez the Engineer
7514 February 2023Central Cee
7610 March 2023Shania Twain
7731 March 2023Flo
7812 May 2023Lewis Capaldi[8]
7926 May 2023Jonas Brothers[9]
8030 June 2023Jennifer Lawrence
8111 August 2023Fredo
8213 October 2023Kaytranada
833 November 2023Sean Evans[10]
8424 November 2023Dominic Fike
851 December 2023Cher[11]
8615 December 2023
8726 January 2024Paul Mescal
8822 March 2024Lando Norris
8910 May 2024Potter Payper
9024 May 2024Tems
917 June 2024Raye
9221 June 2024Eric André
935 July 2024SZA[12]
9412 July 2024Billie Eilish[13]
9527 July 2024Ryan Reynolds & Hugh Jackman
9623 August 2024Sabrina Carpenter

Accolades

!Year!Award!Category!Nominee(s)!Result!Ref.
2021Streamy AwardsIndie SeriesChicken Shop Date[14]
2022Streamy AwardsUnscripted Series[15]
Show of the Year
2023National Television AwardsInterview Series[16]
Streamy AwardsUnscripted Series[17]
Show of the Year

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chan . J. Clara . 2022-08-30 . ‘Chicken Shop Date’ Creator Amelia Dimoldenberg Signs With CAA . 2024-02-12 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
  2. News: Goldstein . Jessica M. . March 14, 2023 . She goes on awkward ‘dates’ with celebs. Now she’s flirting with fame. . February 12, 2024 . The Washington Post.
  3. Web site: Chicken Shop Date star Amelia Dimoldenberg cries foul over youth cuts . 2024-02-12 . Camden New Journal . en-gb.
  4. Web site: Chicken Shop Date is the dating show we actually want to watch . 2024-02-12 . Mixmag.
  5. News: Haramis . Nick . 2022-02-26 . Finding Love, One Nugget at a Time . 2024-02-12 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  6. News: Snapes . Laura . 2023-04-29 . ‘Awkwardness is part of life’: Amelia Dimoldenberg on Chicken Shop Date and flirting with Andrew Garfield . 2024-07-29 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  7. Web site: Murray . Robin . 2022-03-14 . Chicken Shop Date: Are Aitch And Amelia Dimoldenberg Dating? . 2024-07-29 . Clash . en-GB.
  8. Web site: Macdonald . Siobhan . 2023-05-10 . Lewis Capaldi stars on Amelia Dimoldenberg's Chicken Shop Date in Blue Lagoon . 2024-07-29 . Daily Record . en.
  9. Web site: Paul . Larisha . 2023-05-26 . Nick Jonas Roasts Brother Kevin for Being a Disney Adult . 2024-07-29 . Rolling Stone . en-US.
  10. Web site: 2023-11-04 . Hot Ones Host Sean Evans Joins Amelia In Brand New Chicken Shop Date . 2024-07-29 . GRM Daily . en-GB.
  11. Web site: Grow . Kory . 2023-12-01 . Do Not Offer Cher a Chicken Nugget . 2024-07-29 . Rolling Stone . en-US.
  12. Web site: Dailey . Hannah . 2024-07-05 . SZA Admits Her ‘Kill Bill’ Lyrics Were ‘Crazy & Harsh’ on ‘Chicken Shop Date’ . 2024-07-29 . Billboard . en-US.
  13. Web site: Murray . Tom . 2024-07-12 . Chicken Shop Date viewers react to ‘flirtiest’ episode ever with Billie Eilish . 2024-07-29 . The Independent . en.
  14. Web site: 11th Annual Streamy Nominees . 2024-02-12 . The Streamy Awards . en.
  15. Web site: 12th Annual Streamy Nominees . 2024-02-12 . The Streamy Awards . en.
  16. Web site: NTAs 2023 longlist revealed – SAS Rogue Heroes, Call the Midwife and more . 2024-02-12 . Radio Times . en-GB.
  17. Web site: 13th Annual Streamy Winners . 2024-02-12 . The Streamy Awards . en.

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