Maia Cook
Newfields/London
Summary
Experienced with managing tables and providing top-notch service to guests in fast-paced environments. Utilizes excellent communication skills to collaborate with team members and create welcoming atmosphere. Track record of maintaining high standards of cleanliness and efficiency, ensuring positive dining experience for all patrons. Professional training in manners and etiquette.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Server, Hostess, and Food Runner
Petey’s Summertime Seafood
01.2023 - 01.2025
- Worked in a fast-paced, customer-focused, team environment. Responsibilities included opening and closing, greeting and seating guests, waiting tables and bar area, cleaning tables, serving drinks, managing waitlists, coordinating with kitchen and waitstaff, and promptly delivering food orders to tables. Gained hands-on experience in customer service, hospitality, and maintaining restaurant flow and efficiency during peak service hours.
Ettiquette Training
Cornell University Mienig Family Scholars
03.2025 - 05.2025
- Upheld strict cleanliness standards, adhering to food safety guidelines and maintaining an immaculate dining area.
- Rolled silverware, set up tables and polished glassware and silverware.
- Coordinated with event planners on special occasions to ensure seamless service for large groups and parties.
- Achieved proficiency in dining etiquette through classes, workshops, and dining experience with peers and mentors.
Event Coordinator
Embrace Boston, Global Citizens Circle
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Coordinated a high-profile event in Boston featuring speakers from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Family. Managing logistics, guest relations, and on-site operations. Escorted and organized VIP guests. Demonstrated strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills in a fast-paced, high stakes environment.
Barback
Petey’s Summertime Seafood
01.2023 - 01.2025
- Support staff for bartender. Worked restocking supplies, making mixed drinks and beer on tap. Maintaining cleanliness, serving food, and ensuring a steady workflow behind the bar. Assisted with stocking, organizing glassware, and managing inventory throughout high-volume shifts. Developed strong teamwork, attention to detail, and experience in a bar environment.
Volunteer Food Service
Common Table, Portsmouth NH. Outreach Program, Berwick Academy
01.2018 - 01.2024
- Serving, cooking, packing, and delivering weekly 3-course meals for families in need. Preparing lunches at Common Table. Waiting and clearing tables at Common Table, Portsmouth, and soup kitchen dinners in Berwick ME. Dish washing and cleaning experience including cleaning large facilities and working with commercial-scale washers/appliances.
Summer Camp Counsellor
NHSCPA, Berwick Academy
01.2021 - Current
- Supervised children ages 4-13. Facilitate parent/counsellor conversations and Pick-up/Drop-off. Coordinated activities in the arts, science, animal care and the outdoors. Learned important skills in safety, communication, conflict management, and teamwork. As an on-call substitute often filled in last-minute shifts. Holds accountability and spontaneous. First Aid and Wilderness first aid experience. Social skills and conflict management.
- Worked with children of varying age, interest, skill, and developmental levels.
Aftercare/Childcare worker, Volunteer Teacher
Woodman Park Elementary School, Dover, NH, Berwick Academy
01.2022 - 01.2025
- Assisting with lesson plan and delivery, homework support, and recreational activities. Built strong communication and mentoring skills while fostering a positive, supportive environment for young students.
Social Media and Graphic Design Paid Intern
Global Citizens Circle
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Working with an international team both virtually and in person. Created graphics, posters, website banners and social media plans for community-building events and discussions.
Studio Assistant
Harold Feinstein Photography Studio
01.2019 - 01.2022
- Worked with Excel and Adobe Suite to catalogue and sort prints digitally. Managed the studio alone while owners were away. Stored and cared for archival prints. Advised social media and website changes.
Education
Bachelor of Arch. Degree - Planning, Art and Architecture
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY01.2009
High School Diploma - undefined
Berwick Academy
South Berwick, ME01.2024
Skills
- Trained in CPR and Heimlich maneuver for children and adults by Red Cross professional (2020)
Timeline
Ettiquette Training
Cornell University Mienig Family Scholars
03.2025 - 05.2025
Server, Hostess, and Food Runner
Petey’s Summertime Seafood
01.2023 - 01.2025
Barback
Petey’s Summertime Seafood
01.2023 - 01.2025
Event Coordinator
Embrace Boston, Global Citizens Circle
01.2022 - 01.2023
Aftercare/Childcare worker, Volunteer Teacher
Woodman Park Elementary School, Dover, NH, Berwick Academy
01.2022 - 01.2025
Social Media and Graphic Design Paid Intern
Global Citizens Circle
01.2022 - 01.2023
Summer Camp Counsellor
NHSCPA, Berwick Academy
01.2021 - Current
Studio Assistant
Harold Feinstein Photography Studio
01.2019 - 01.2022
Volunteer Food Service
Common Table, Portsmouth NH. Outreach Program, Berwick Academy
01.2018 - 01.2024
Bachelor of Arch. Degree - Planning, Art and Architecture
Cornell University
High School Diploma - undefined
Berwick Academy
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