Amelia Dimoldenberg Is Bringing ‘Chicken Shop Date’ to an End

The series that shot presenter Amelia Dimoldenberg to stratospheric fame, Chicken Shop Date, is coming to an end. The British writer and producer confirmed on Thursday that the next season will be its last, bringing to a close the much-loved celebrity interview show she started as a teenager under the umbrella of her media company, Dimz Inc. Dimoldenberg began Chicken Shop Date as a column when she was 17. The filmed series launched on YouTube in 2014 and has since grown into one of the internet’s most distinctive and celebrated interview formats, with Dimoldenberg “dating” stars across music, film, television and sport. Some of its most memorable episodes feature Dave, Billie Eilish, Daniel Kaluuya, Central Cee, Andrew Garfield, Cher, Little Simz, Louis Theroux and Jack Harlow, as Dimoldenberg wielded her deadpan humor and the quintessential English setting of a local chicken shop to supposedly bolster her chances of finding love. “When I was 17, I thought that I might meet the love of my life on a date in a chicken shop,” began Dimoldenberg. “Since then, I’ve spent my entire twenties sat 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.” She continues that she has “loved” being able to share her very own romcom with the world. “I am so grateful to everyone who has followed me on this journey and found a bit of joy in these episodes.I never thought I’d end Chicken Shop Date. I thought maybe it would be a part of my life forever, and in some way it always will, but I feel like it’s now time to move on from this adventure and onto the next one.But before I say goodbye forever, I want to celebrate everything Chicken Shop Date has been for me with you all, and a few final dates… coming very soon.” On YouTube alone, the series has helped drive total views from around 490 million in 2022 to one billion in its tenth year, generating 34 million hours watched and reaching 97 percent of countries worldwide, according to Dimz Inc. data. Among some of the buzziest projects she’s taken on since becoming a YouTube star is being the Oscars’ official Social Media Ambassador and Red Carpet Correspondent for two years in a row, and landing a spot on Time’s 100 creators list.