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Sean O'Grady

Amelia Dimoldenberg to end popular YouTube show Chicken Shop Date

Dimoldenberg has announced the end of the hugely popular internet series (Ian West/PA) - (PA Wire)

Amelia Dimoldenberg has announced that her internet show Chicken Shop Date is coming to an end.

The show saw the 32-year-old interview celebrities in local chicken shops, with the interaction framed as a date.

The presenter began the series when she was just 17, and moved it to YouTube in 2014 where her channel has since gained more than three million subscribers.

In a letter to her viewers shared on social media, Dimoldenberg wrote: “When I was 17, I thought that I might meet the love of my life on a date in a chicken shop.

“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.

“To me, the show is my very own romcom, and I have loved being able to share it with you.

“I am so grateful to everyone who has followed me on this journey and found a bit of joy in these episodes.”

Dimoldenberg said she “never thought” she would end Chicken Shop Date, but now feels it is time to “move on”.

She promised a final batch of episodes will be released “very soon”.

Some of the most memorable episodes featured interviews with Andrew Garfield, Billie Eilish, Cher, Louis Theroux and Jack Harlow.

Dimoldenberg’s most recent guests include Conan O’Brien, Sir Paul McCartney and Zara Larsson.

Dimoldenberg ‘never thought’ she would end Chicken Shop Date (Ian West/PA) (PA Archive)
Dimoldenberg ‘never thought’ she would end Chicken Shop Date (Ian West/PA) (PA Archive)

Chicken Shop Date began as a column in a publication called The Cut, where Dimoldenberg interviewed grime artists and had the idea to frame them as dates.

The first interview filmed for YouTube was with the rapper Ghetts in March 2014.

Since then, Dimoldenberg has founded her own production company and reported from the red carpet at the Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards.

She also made a cameo appearance as herself in The Devil Wears Prada 2.

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