Sir Cedric Stanton Hicks (2 June 1892 - 7 February 1976) was an Australian Professor of Human Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of Adelaide. During World War II Hicks founded the Australian Army Catering Corps and served as its commander from 1943. Hicks worked closely with the Australian Army Catering Corps as an adviser on nutrition and was on the Defence Department's Scientific Advisory Committee as its advisor on foodstuffs. In 1972 he published a book on his wartime catering experience under the title, Who called the cook a bastard?