Kilien Stengel (born 1972 in Nevers (Nièvre)), is a French gastronomic author, restaurateur, and cookbook writer. He worked at Gidleigh Park, Nikko Hotels, Georges V Hotel in Paris, and in a lot of restaurants Relais & Châteaux (Marc Meneau, Jacques Lameloise,...). He was a teacher of Gastronomy at the Académie of Paris and of Orléans-Tours. Actually, Kilien Stengel work now at the European Institute for the History and Culture of Food, in the François Rabelais University. He is captain of a culinary book fair, en directot of a collection book (L'harmattan éditor). Usually, he work for Ministère de l'Éducation nationale teacher competition, Meilleur Ouvrier de France award, and Masterchef France. In 2015 his PhD (Doctorat de 3e cycle) in Information science is supervised by J-J. Boutaud.