Ontario Tech University is taking a YouTuber known as Fique Ayub to court after he allegedly turned a lecture hall in Oshawa into his personal kitchen and content set.
According to the school, Ayub walked into a class, started cooking curry while the professor was teaching, and then allegedly threw the food at students. The whole thing was filmed for social media.
The university says it initially decided to stay quiet. Officials reportedly believed the stunt might be a one-off and worried that any public response would only feed the creator more attention and more views.
That changed in October 2025. Ontario Tech says Ayub came back for round two, interrupting another lecture to announce that he would now be teaching his own class. That alleged repeat performance is what pushed the school from quiet frustration to filing paperwork.
The university is pursuing civil action, which is separate from any criminal matter. The exact damages and remedies haven’t been fully detailed publicly, but lawsuits of this kind typically seek compensation for disruption, cleanup, and security costs, along with an injunction to keep the person off campus.
Cooking inside a lecture hall raises obvious problems beyond the smell of curry drifting through the room. There are fire safety concerns, potential property damage, and the small issue of students paying tuition to actually attend the class they signed up for.
Throwing food at people pushes the stunt further. Under Canadian law, intentionally applying force to another person without consent can meet the threshold for assault, though no criminal charges have been confirmed in this case.
