Dimoldenberg previously told the BBC how Chicken Shop Date had grown out of a series of interviews with grime artists she conducted as a teenager for culture magazine The Cut.
“I started Chicken Shop Date as part of a youth club, and we made a magazine, and everything I learned there, the connections I made, the mentoring I got, set me up for the career that I have today,” she said.
Entertainment journalist and Chicken Shop Date fan Megan Bull says the show’s original format helped it to take off.
“I think Amelia has such a good way of putting celebrities at ease and it’s almost by using an anti-interview format. She’s not traditional at all,” says Bull.
It’s led to success beyond YouTube, from red carpets to the big screen, the 28-year-old journalist says.
“It’s just proven that these YouTube shows can really expand and become bigger than anyone even really imagined,” she says.
“Amelia even recently did a cameo in Devil Wears Prada 2. She’s become a celebrity in her own right.”
Bull adds there will be “many” opportinities for the presenter in future.
“A lot of people will be excited to see what she does next.”
Dimoldenberg has also been a vocal supporter of training programmes and apprenticeships to help young people into employment.
Yet success hasn’t come overnight, as she told BBC Newsbeat last year.
“Some people think it’s been, like, two years,” she said.
“I spent so much time trying to persuade publicists, managers and talent to come on the show.”
The creator said that in 2014, social media wasn’t seen as the best place to promote a celebrity’s latest album, film or product.
Chicken Shop Date has since gone on to rank alongside platforms like Graham Norton’s chatshow or BBC Radio 1 for celebrities seeking media cut-through, she told The Guardian, external last month.














































