Chef Jackie Baldwin Memorial Soiree

On March 18, 2016, the late Jackie Baldwin died shortly after being diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer in January. She was in her early 50s and lived in Troy, where she had worked as executive chef of RPI for 14 years prior to her promotion in 2015 to area executive chef for Sodexo, supervising food service at 32 college and university campuses in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

Jackie acquired a culinary degree from Schenectady County Community College in 1983 becoming one of the few premier women chefs in the Capital District. One of the highlights of her career included hosting dinner at the James Beard Foundation in New York City in 2006 and 2007.

Friends say Baldwin dedicated her life to service, contribution, and improvement and that her open heart, kindness and boundless energy was a gift to all who knew her.

This event is being hosted by the Chef Jackie Baldwin Memorial Scholarship Committee; proceeds from the event will benefit the Chef Jackie Baldwin Memorial Scholarship Fund at Schenectady County Community College Foundation, Inc. All donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

If you are unable to attend the benefit, but would like to donate to this great cause, please click here to make a tax-deductible donation.