Brandon Arroyo was born the youngest of three brothers in Cleveland, Ohio, on November 17th 1989, to a nurse and airport worker. He spent his early life in a small town west of the Cleveland, called Sheffield Village, until graduating Brookside High School in 2008. After studying communication at Kent State University Brandon bounced around various local TV stations as a sports Anchor/Reporter including WOIO (Cleveland), WSAZ (Charleston), WICU (Erie), and BCSN (Toledo).Brandon's first appearance on the national stage came while competing on Worst Cooks In America on Food Network in 2018. He made it just past the half way point of the series appearing in 6/10 episodes.