Nicole Cogan - Internet Personality
Age: 36
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Internet Personality
Nicole Cogan, now known as Nicole Bruno after marriage, is an American entrepreneur, content creator, and gluten-free advocate. Born around the late 1980s or early 1990s, she grew up on Long Island, New York, and graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University. Early in her career, she worked in equity sales at J.P. Morgan in New York City.
At age 19, during her sophomore year at Cornell, Cogan was diagnosed with a gluten allergy, followed by celiac disease. This prompted her to create personal spreadsheets tracking safe gluten-free dining options in restaurants, which evolved into her popular blog, NOBREAD (nobread.com), launched around 2009-2010. The site provides city guides for gluten-free eateries in major hubs like New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington D.C., Chicago, Boston, and London, along with recipes, product reviews, wellness tips, and travel advice. Her motto, "Just because your life has to be affected, doesn’t mean your lifestyle has to be," has resonated with her audience, amassing over 200,000 Instagram followers under @nobread.
NOBREAD has been featured in outlets like The Wall Street Journal, BuzzFeed, Well+Good, and Tasting Table. Cogan has hosted TV segments on gluten-free topics, launched a YouTube channel (NicoleCogan) for recipe videos and lifestyle content, and authored e-books, including "The NOBREAD reBOOT." She is also an angel investor in consumer and wellness startups and maintains a balanced approach to health, emphasizing enjoyment alongside dietary restrictions.
In recent years, Cogan relocated from New York to California for a better quality of life, though she has expressed intentions to return to the East Coast. As of 2025, she writes a Substack newsletter under her married name, sharing insights on gluten-free living, relationships, venture capital, and personal finance.