What bakery did Harry Styles work at? Singer visited his old job location for One Direction's 3D Movie This Is Us

Harry Styles is one of the biggest superstars in the industry at present, and his success has continued beyond One Direction. The 30-year-old is one of the highest-selling singers of this generation and has a successful acting career. The singer has appeared in major roles in films, with roles in films including Dunkirk, My Policeman, and Don't Worry Darling, among others.

However, the Watermelon Sugar singer had extremely humble beginnings and was brought up in a village in Cheshire. His first-ever job was at the W. Mandeville Bakery at Holmes Chapel, where he started working at fourteen. The bakery has since become a favorite for the fans, and they visit it in large numbers, hoping to get a glimpse of where the star used to work.

The bakery has also developed itself as a shrine for Styles, and they are proud that the former One Direction star worked there. They have also put up a banner of Harry Styles, letting fans take pictures with it to visit the cafe.

The bakery, in Holmes Chapel, is an easy place to reach with public transport. Fans can take two connecting trains from Manchester Piccadilly to reach the village and experience Harry Styles' childhood town.

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Styles' fans who visit the bakery can munch on a wide array of bread, cookies, biscuits, and other baked goods, as they look around. The singer visited Holmes Chapel to shoot scenes for the 2013 film One Direction: This Is Us. He posed with fans and shot the film's scenes, before spending time with the bakery staff.

Following his job at the bakery, Harry Styles was selected for the reality show, X Factor, where he got his first encounter with fame. He met the other members of his future boy band, One Direction, and with mentors like Simon Cowell, the band became one of the most popular ones across the world.

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X Factor judge Simon Cowell talks about Harry Styles and other members of One Direction

Harry Styles auditioned for the reality show X Factor UK where he met Louis Thomlinson, Liam Payne, Niall Horan, and Zayn Malik. The five teens' X Factor journey was quickly cut short after they were eliminated in round 7 of the show. However, they were called back eventually when guest judge Nicole Scherzinger first came up with the idea of making a boy band out of the five teenagers.

The band went on to become one of the most popular boybands, with millions of fans from across the world. However, things took a turn when Zayn Malik left the band in 2015. The other members also took a hiatus after the release of the fifth album, Made In The A.M. All five members have since launched their solo careers.

Following the eventual disbandment of One Direction, Harry Styles has had a very successful career as a solo artist. He released his solo debut album, Harry Styles in 2017. He followed it up with the release of Fresh Line in 2019 and Harry's House in 2022. All three of Styles' albums have been chart-busting hits.

Harry's House won Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal at the 2023 Grammys and cemented Harry's place as one of the most iconic male artists of this generation.

While Harry has since shot to fame, X-Factor judge, Simon Cowell, wasn't too impressed by his performances during his auditions on the show. He recalled the performances from nearly 12 years ago during an appearance on The Diary of a CEO Podcast. He discussed the formation of One Direction, his opinion of Styles, and his singing.

Cowell said that the first time he met Harry, the latter sang a Stevie Wonder song, and they discussed pies.

“I’m not gonna lie. The first time I met Harry, he sang a Stevie Wonder song, and we spoke about pies. I’m not sitting there thinking: ‘You’re gonna become one of the most successful artists in the world in 12 years time'," Simon Cowell recalled.

However, the celebrity judge acknowledged that Styles was extremely charismatic and won over the audience with his stage presence. Simon also recalled that they put the five in a band because he realized that they were not hitting their best as solo artists at the time of the audition.

However, Simon also lauded Harry Styles and the others for using "the group as a vehicle to go where they really want to go in their lives."