Gérald Passedat (born 24 March 1960) is a French chef, owner of the restaurant Le Petit Nice in Marseille.

He bought and sold several companies and rebought in 1917 the Villa Corinthe, next to the sea near the Château d'If and the Frioul archipelago and next to the hill of Notre-Dame de la Garde to create the restaurant Le Petit Nice.

He transformed with his wife Le Petit Nice in a luxury hotel, which gave him the opportunity to receive a first Michelin star in 1977 and a second one in 1981.

As an enthusiast of underwater diving, the cuisine of Gérald Passedat is composed of a number of steps and is mostly made of fish.

His cuisine is Mediterranean, where he finds with the help of fishermen from Marseille, fishes that are often forgotten like the tub gurnard, the wrasse or the comber.