Old School. Biblically Independent.
By Kayleigh Donaldson | Celebrity | September 3, 2026
All good meals must come to an end. Amelia Dimoldenberg has announced that Chicken Shop Date, the celebrity interview show that took YouTube by storm, will be shutting up shop after 12 years.
Dimoldenberg announced the news on Instagram, writing:
“When I was 17 I had a fantastic idea that I might meet the love of my life on a date in a chicken shop.I’ve spent my entire twenties sitting across from the most incredible people, people I’d always dreamt of meeting. All of them charmed me (some more than others) and I definitely charmed them.
To me the show is my very own romcom and I have loved creating so many stories for you to watch. I am so grateful to everyone who has followed me on this journey and found some joy in these episodes.
I never thought I’d stop Chicken Shop Date, I thought maybe it would be a part of me forever, and in some way it always will, but I feel like it’s now time to move on from this adventure and onto a new one.
But before I say goodbye forever, I want to celebrate everything Chicken Shop Date has been for me with a few final dates…coming very soon.
Love Amelia x”
In the new norm of gimmicky celebrity interviews, Chicken Shop Date was one of the more charming and appealing ones. It started life as a column that Dimoldenberg wrote for her local youth magazine before making the leap to video, where she largely interviewed male rappers. By 2020, she had landed a fabulously flirty sit-down with Daniel Kaluuya, and soon she was sharing tenders and dipping sauce with the likes of Charli XCX, Keke Palmer, Jennifer Lawrence, and Cher. Dimoldenberg’s blend of candour and unimpressed awkwardness felt like a refreshing change of pace from the traditional late-night talk show formula. Now, of course, this is the default mode for the celebrity promotional circuit. To give Dimoldenberg her dues, her format was more about personalities than the gimmick of the chicken shop itself. It’s meant to feel like an awkward date, like Between Two Ferns without the caustic streak. And her guests have largely been game for the experience. That’s why it worked so well.
Credit to Dimoldenberg for wanting to end the show on her terms. She’s ready to move on to bigger things, including red carpet coverage of events like the Oscars and writing new programmes. She’s talked about a Skins-esque teen drama she’s been working on for a while now, which could be a fascinating change of pace. She leaves behind a changed celeb junket cycle, and frankly, most of her copycats wish they could pull off what she made seem so effortless.
