Biography

Amelia Dimoldenberg (born 30 January 1994) is an English journalist, comedian, YouTuber, and television presenter. She created the web series Chicken Shop Date, in which she interviews rappers, grime artists as well as other YouTubers and Premier League footballers in fried chicken restaurants. She is known for her use of sarcasm, deadpan humour and awkward silences in her interviews. Dimoldenberg has also written for The Guardian and Vogue, and made documentaries for Vice Media and Channel 4. She has appeared on the television programmes The Big Narstie Show, Don't Hate the Playaz and Celebrity Come Dine with Me. In September 2019, Dimoldenberg was named the 77th biggest influencer in the UK by The Sunday Times. In October of the same year, the Evening Standard included her in its Progress 1000, a list of "London's most influential people".