Fun, flirty and fried to perfection: farewell to Chicken Shop Date, the YouTube show that helped kill off TV
Amelia Dimoldenberg’s series helped turn YouTube into a world-beating phenomenon. As it bows out, we remember its best bits – from mocking MC Ghetts to that sizzling tension with Billie Eilish and Andrew Garfield
TL;DR
- Chicken Shop Date, Amelia Dimoldenberg's YouTube series, is ending after years of success.
- The show garnered 34 million hours of views and helped legitimize YouTube as a major platform.
- Dimoldenberg is moving on to host red carpet interviews and write for the BBC.
- The series's appeal lay in its host's "needy and passive aggressive" demeanor and the genuine tension with guests.
- Memorable moments include goading Louis Theroux into rapping, the chemistry with Andrew Garfield, and interactions with Matty Healy and Billie Eilish.
- Earlier episodes featured Dimoldenberg deliberately "weirding out" niche musicians like Ghetts and Raleigh Ritchie.