"We can't afford to be too Franco-French either," says chef Paul Marcon, who is competing on home soil... In Chassieu, in the Rhone region of France, twenty-four countries are taking part in the grand final of the Bocuse d'Or, the prestigious international culinary competition. It's a competition that promises to be a tug-of-war between France and its historic rivals, the Scandinavians. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES