New South Wales, 34, Advertising Strategist

Arum was born and raised in the idyllic countryside of Worcester in the UK, along with his three brothers. His mum made all the family meals from scratch, including routinely making bread, jams and marmalades, which Arum says still stock the family pantry.

As a child Arum did ballet and contemporary dance, and at the age of 11 performed with the Birmingham Royal Ballet. He looks back at the time with fondness, but laughs at his current inability on a dance floor.

Arum graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Geography and then took a gap year, basing himself in Nigeria for five months working for the Department of International Development. This experience gave him a unique appreciation of food, dining on delicacies including goat head’s curry with eyeballs.

Arum returned to London aged 22 and began working in advertising and marketing. There he met his now wife Fiona and in 2011 they made the move down under, settling in Sydney.

A keen adventure enthusiast, Arum loves outdoor sports, including volleyball, mountain bike riding and rock climbing. He has completed several marathons and ultra-marathons, and in 2014 he completed a 100 kilometre trail running race through the NSW Blue Mountains. The following year he participated in a gruelling 243 kilometre multi-sport race across New Zealand, which included 70 kilometres of white water kayaking.

In September 2015, Arum and Fiona returned home to rural Nottingham in the UK to marry. Arum hopes that he can one day find a similar spot in rural Australia to open his own country pub.