Amelia Dimoldenberg Started ‘Chicken Shop Date’ at a London Youth Club. Now, She’s Giving Back Through Her Own Summer Academy

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Amelia Dimoldenberg knows firsthand the impact a youth club can have. In fact, if she didn’t attend one 16 years ago, “Chicken Shop Date” — her viral celebrity talk show that has amassed her nearly 3 million followers and become a cultural touchstone — wouldn’t exist.

What started as a column for a youth magazine at a club in North London has now been running for over a decade, with several of the other students Dimoldenberg met there going on the journey with her. “I’ve always wanted to create something similar for young people myself, when I was able to,” Dimoldenberg tells Variety. “The benefits were just immense.”

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