Amelia Dimoldenberg confirmed on 3 September that Chicken Shop Date is ending after more than 12 years and over 100 episodes on YouTube. A few final instalments are still to come before the series closes, Dimoldenberg said, but the announcement marks the conclusion of a run that began when she was a teenager and grew into one of the most distinctive interview formats on the internet.
The show’s guest list tells its own story: Andrew Garfield, Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter, Jennifer Lawrence, Ben Stiller, Paul Mescal, Charli XCX, RosalÃa, and many others have all sat across from Dimoldenberg under the fluorescent lighting of a London fried chicken shop, subjected to her signature deadpan flirting.
From Youth Column to YouTube: How It Started
Before the celebrity guests and the viral moments, Chicken Shop Date began as a column in a youth publication. According to the Los Angeles Times, Dimoldenberg took the format to YouTube in 2014, where it gradually built an audience before crossing into mainstream recognition. What started with Dimoldenberg interviewing grime artists in London chicken shops eventually reached the point where an Oscar-winning actress was sitting across from her, eating fried chicken, the fluorescent lighting unchanged throughout.
The show’s recent run offered little indication it was slowing down. The BBC reports that Dimoldenberg’s most recent guests have included Paul McCartney, Zara Larsson and Conan O’Brien, suggesting the format retained its pull with high-profile names right to the end. That breadth, from early grime scenes to knighted musicians and US television personalities, captures something of how far the series travelled in a little over a decade.
Chicken Shop Date Ending: The Locations You Can Still Visit
The chicken shops themselves are not going anywhere. Every restaurant used as a set across the series’ run remains open, scattered across London from Harlesden to Croydon. For anyone who wants to retrace the show’s geography, here is where the episodes were filmed.
Sam’s Chicken, Harlesden (84 High St., London NW10 4SJ) is arguably the show’s most storied location. Episodes with Andrew Garfield, Billie Eilish, Lando Norris and Tems were all filmed here, making it the single most celebrity-dense stop on any Chicken Shop Date pilgrimage. A second Sam’s Chicken location at Watford Way (39 Watford Way, London NW4 3JH) hosted Sabrina Carpenter and SZA, while a third at Kilburn Lane (338 Kilburn Lane, London W9 3EF) was where Dominic Fike and Fredo filmed their episodes. A fourth Sam’s Chicken makes the list too: by the end of the series, it would have been possible to construct an entire itinerary without leaving the chain.
Morley’s appears almost as frequently. RosalÃa filmed at the Stroud Green Road branch (121 Stroud Green Rd., London N4 3PX), while RAYE’s episode took the show south to the Croydon location (6 Central Parade, Croydon CR0 0JB). Morley’s is, by the count of the series itself, one of the most recurring chains across the show’s full run.
Chicken Cottage on Praed Street (135 Praed St., London W2 1RL) has been part of the format since its early days. Paul Mescal, Keke Palmer and Shania Twain all filmed there. Nearby on Edgware Road, Chicking (362 Edgware Rd., London W2 1EB) was the venue for Jennifer Lawrence’s 2023 appearance, an episode that illustrated just how far the series had travelled from its origins.
Kasey’s Chicken and Grill on Holloway Road (223 Holloway Rd., London N7 8HG) hosted Charli XCX and Phoebe Bridgers at different points, while a second Kasey’s location on Ellesmere Street in East London (Ellesmere Street, London E14 6BA) was used for Harris Dickinson’s 2025 episode. At Slim Chickens near Cambridge Circus (1 Cambridge Circus, London WC2H 8PA), Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman filmed their joint 2024 appearance, one of the more central locations on the list for visitors staying in the West End.
Dimoldenberg has confirmed that a few final episodes are still to be released before the series officially concludes. Until then, and long after, the restaurants remain: the same booths, the same lighting, and presumably the same chips.