# Amelia Dimoldenberg: How Chicken Shop Date became a global phenomenon

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Podcast: [Full Disclosure with James O'Brien](https://stenobird.com/podcast/full-disclosure-with-james-o-brien-242753)
Published: 2026-08-14T04:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/james-obrien-podcast-full-disclosure-interview/
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Before she became the creator behind Chicken Shop Date, Amelia Dimoldenberg was a relentlessly ambitious child from Marylebone, dreaming of editing Vogue , joining S Club Juniors and taking to the stage in Cats . In this episode of Full Disclosure , James O’Brien sits down with Amelia to trace the unlikely journey from a youth magazine in North West London to one of the most distinctive interview formats of a generation. Amelia reflects on growing up with a voraciously reading, politically engaged family; the confidence she found through school performances and extracurricular activities; and the teenage reinvention that left her temporarily without friends. She explains how The Cut magazine club introduced her to a new creative world, and how a throwaway conversation about the worst possible date location became the starting point for Chicken Shop Date. They discuss the painstaking preparation, performance and editing behind the show’s deliberately awkward charm; the instinct that stopped Amelia signing away her intellectual property; and the turning points that took her from student project to interviewing stars including Andrew Garfield, Jennifer Lawrence and Cher. Amelia also talks about Dimz Inc Academy, the initiative she created with Spiral Skills to help young people from underrepresented backgrounds access careers in digital media and production. Drawing on the opportunities she received as a teenager, she explains why practical experience, creative confidence and professional networks can make such a difference - particularly for young people facing barriers to work. Funny, candid and full of creative insight, this is a conversation about ambition, originality and the hard work behind appearing effortlessly cool. Find out more about Dimz Inc Academy here Full…

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