Stevan Paul & Oliver Wagner
May we introduce ourselves?
Kaiserhappen is the new agency of Oliver Wagner and Stevan Paul. With the best food network in the German-speaking region, we make the best products and brands visible, offer customized concepts and value transfer – for the culinary craft, smart tourism and good gastronomy.
Both of us have been moving in the culinary world for many years and in very different disciplines. We have known and appreciated each other for a long time, we are also friends. We know each other, we know what we can expect from each other, what we can trust.
This trust and our shared professional experience are the foundation of Kaiserhappen. We complement each other perfectly, precisely because we often tick differently: Stevan’s bubbling enthusiasm and Oliver’s focused concentration are our common fuel.
Stevan Paul is one of the most successful cookbook authors in the German-speaking world. He has published twelve cookbooks in the past ten years alone. Translations of his bestsellers are also successful in the USA, Great Britain, Spain, the Netherlands and Brazil.
As a trained chef, he gained early experience in various Guide Michelin award-winning kitchens. Since 2000, Stevan has worked as an independent recipe developer and food stylist for magazines, publishers, advertising agencies and the food industry.
As a freelance writer, he writes culinary texts and books. His columns and reportages appear in Der Feinschmecker, Effilee Magazin, Mixology, in the Süddeutsche Zeitung and on ZEITonline, among others.
Stevan is a member of the Food Editors Club and Slow Food. As brand ambassador and host, he organizes and moderates culinary events and exclusive soirees in a charming and knowledgeable manner. With NutriCulinary, Stevan has been running one of the most widely read online culinary magazines in the German-speaking world since 2011.
Oliver studied communication design and founded his first agency at the age of 26. From 2005 to 2009, he switched to the client side and, as Creative Director, managed the creative fortunes of all Bertelsmann online platforms in Europe.
In 2010, he founded an agency for social media and mobile apps as well as a social media analytics start-up in Hamburg (later sold to DPA). In 2014, Wagner created the e-reading startup Sobooks with Sascha Lobo and two other partners.
Later, as a partner and managing director, he headed an online marketing agency for the restaurant and hotel industry as well as a management consultancy for star chefs and sommeliers. He was also a partner in a restaurant that is now listed with two stars in the Guide Michelin.
Since 2011, Oliver has been writing about producers, restaurants and culinary regions on Kochfreunde.com (Foodblog of the Year 2018). During his travels, he researched on five continents and reported on producers from China to Poland, Norway and Switzerland, Panama, Vietnam, France and the Maldives.
In 2022, Oliver was awarded the Reporter del Gusto Press Award by the Italian government for a report on Davide Nini and his Prosciuttificio Nini Gianfranco manufactory in Modena.
Oliver studied communication design and founded his first agency at the age of 26. From 2005 to 2009, he switched to the client side and, as Creative Director, managed the creative fortunes of all Bertelsmann online platforms in Europe. In 2010, he founded an agency for social media and mobile apps in Hamburg, as well as a social media analytics startup (later sold to DPA). In 2014, Wagner founded the e-reading startup Sobooks with Sascha Lobo and two other partners. Later, as a partner and managing director, he headed an online marketing agency for the restaurant and hotel industry as well as a management consultancy for star chefs and sommeliers. He was also a partner in a restaurant that is now listed with two stars in the Guide Michelin.
Oliver has been writing about producers, restaurants and culinary regions on Kochfreunde.com since 2011. In his travels, he has researched on five continents and reported on producers between China and Poland, Norway and Switzerland, Panama and Vietnam, France and the Netherlands. In 2022 he was awarded the Reporter del Gusto Press Award by the Italian government for a report on Davide Nini and his Prosciuttificio Nini Gianfranco manufactory in Modena.
