He now lives the aloha life in paradise – working a quick 10 or 15 minute Uber ride from the sands of Waikiki Beach. Baldwin is the operations manager/owner of Scarlet Honolulu, which opened in 2015. In 2015, Baldwin moved to Hawaii, his long preferred vacation spot and the location where he dreamed of retiring. Born and raised in suburban Chicago, specifically Geneva, Baldwin has taken his local ties and experience and gone west. He's 36 and had a long, successful run in Chicago's LGBT community with time working at Cocktail, Gentry, Scarlet, Taverna 750, Out in the Park and Chicago PrideFest.
Robbie Baldwin has spent his whole career in the food and beverage industry, from a bar back to an operations manager.